Case Description- A five-month-old male domesticated short hair cat with non-specific signs, weakness, coughing and dyspnea was referred to the clinic. Clinical Findings- The patient was primarily diagnosed with kyphoscoliosis induced by severe nutritional osteoporosis. After couple of days the case was referred without improvement in condition. Contrast radiographs revealed esophageal hiatal h...

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Esophageal hiatal hernias are relatively uncommon in children. Since 1950 we have seen 20 children with hiatal hernias at the Mayo Clinic. During the same period the diagnosis of esophageal hiatal hernia has been made in more than 17,000 adults, and the overwhelming majority of these adults were in the older age group. In this communication we shall review the cases and the roentgenographic fin...

Patients with acute dyspnea are a challenging issue to physicians. For such cases, rapid evaluation and management to achieve a stable hemodynamic status is very important. Initially, a tentative diagnosis depends on the presentation and brief history-taking. Here, we present the case of a patient who complained of dyspnea. Giant hiatal hernia and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy have been regarded as ...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS The pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is multifactorial, including the mechanical anti-reflux barrier of the gastroesophageal junction. This barrier can be evaluated endoscopically in two ways: by measuring the axial length of any hiatal hernia present or by assessing the gastroesophageal flap valve. The endoscopic measurement of axial length is tr...

Introduction Following esophagectomy about 5% of patients experience long-term gastric conduit retention. We report two patients with surgical correction for this problematic condition. This case series is a retrospective, non-consecutive single center report. Presentation of cases A slender female aged 76 (patient 1) and an obese man aged 69 (patient 2) with esophageal cancer, underwent hybr...

: Hiatal hernias are common and generally correlated with obesity increasing age. However, many individuals have no symptoms never diagnosed, thus it’s hard to establish the real prevalence of hiatal hernias. To pursue a diagnosis hernia is not necessary in asymptomatic patients, but symptomatic ones need evaluation should be considered for surgical repair. The clinical workup based on patient'...

BACKGROUND paraesophageal hiatal hernia represents 5-10% of hiatal hernias. Its importance is based on the severe complications it may have, including gastric volvulus, and surgical treatment is recommended when a diagnosis is established. MATERIAL AND METHODS a retrospective study of all patients who underwent surgery for paresophageal hernia between 1985 and 2007. RESULTS we studied 90 ca...

Background: Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has increased in the last decades, and it is now one of the most common chronic and recurrent diseases. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of gender (sex) and age in Iranian patients with GERD symptoms.    Methods: In this study, 803 patients aged 11 to 84 years, with erosive and nonerosive gastroesoph...