A 66-year-old male patient was admitted in our outside hospital’s emergency room after 4 days of epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. No fever, dysthermia or respiratory symptoms were related. The pain irradiated to right hypochondria and even to right chest. Laboratory tests showed slight elevation of liver enzymes and leukocytosis. Abdominal CT revealed hepatodiaphragmatic colonic interposit...

Surgery is the treatment of choice for squamous cell esophageal cancer. Complete resection of the esophagus with reconstruction of the digestive tract is performed for tumors located in the chest or cardia. The aim of the report is to present the case of a complete esophageal and gastric resection complicated by colon graft necrosis. The patient was a 45-year-old woman diagnosed with cancer of ...

Chilaiditi’s syndrome is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.025-0.28% cases, where it shows colon interposition between diaphragm and right lobe liver. Usually related to congenital malformation include the absence, weakness, or elongation suspensory ligaments transversal falciform ligaments. The 83-year-old woman was admitted 1-week history fatigue, lacked will eat drink. Nausea vomiting we...

Introduction: The hepatodiafragmatic interposition of colon is called Chilaiditi sign. For symptomatic patients, the term “Chilaiditi syndrome” used, this was first reported in 1911 by Demetrius Chilaiditi, a Viennese radiologist, three asymptomatic patients. Patients are commonly asymptomatic, and some patients may apply with gastrointestinal or respiratory symptoms such as abdominal pain ches...

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A 58-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department with a two-day history of vomiting, diarrhea and intermittent central abdominal pain. His background history was significant for peptic ulcer disease. On examination there was diffuse abdominal tenderness, and a fecal occult blood test was positive. A departmental chest radiograph had appearances suggestive of a pneumoperitoneum, with an e...

Chilaiditi syndrome is associated with hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of the colon and small intestines. The radiological finding colonic between liver diaphragm called chilaiditi sign. This a rare anomaly incidentally seen on chest or abdominal radiographs. We present case report 52 year old male who got admitted complaints distension occasional pain after food intake for 5 months duration....

Since the first use of the colon for esophageal reconstruction by Kelling and Vulliet, the colon reconstruction became a reliable surgical option to reconstruct partially or totally the diseased esophagus. Over the time, the efficacy of colon graft has been thoroughly evaluated and definitively attested by competent surgeons. However the selection of colon segment and completion of the esophage...