Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature

Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature

An 81-year-old woman with symptoms of upper Gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction but with no supporting evidence for obstruction in previous endoscopies was studied with a solid-liquid gastric emptying scintigraphic examination. There was evidence of accumulation of the tracer in a part of the stomach...

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Main Authors: Saeed Farzanefar, Mahya Zarei, Arefeh Mirzabeigi, Mehrshad Abbasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Subjects:
Gastric emptying
Hiatal hernia
Scintigraphy
Online Access:https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/365
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spelling doaj-0337531295594953baa876f07d3ed2112021-09-11T04:19:25ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesCase Reports in Clinical Practice2538-26832538-26912021-08-016210.18502/crcp.v6i2.6679Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic FeatureSaeed Farzanefar0Mahya Zarei1Arefeh Mirzabeigi2Mehrshad Abbasi3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Vali-Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Research Center for Nuclear Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Research Center for Nuclear Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Nuclear Medicine, Vali-Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. An 81-year-old woman with symptoms of upper Gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction but with no supporting evidence for obstruction in previous endoscopies was studied with a solid-liquid gastric emptying scintigraphic examination. There was evidence of accumulation of the tracer in a part of the stomach in the thorax before filling the stomach. The paraesophageal hiatal hernia was suspected. The diagnosis was not confirmed by other modalities and the patient passed away after upper GI bleeding a month later. https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/365Gastric emptyingHiatal herniaScintigraphy
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author Saeed Farzanefar
Mahya Zarei
Arefeh Mirzabeigi
Mehrshad Abbasi
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Mahya Zarei
Arefeh Mirzabeigi
Mehrshad Abbasi
Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Gastric emptying
Hiatal hernia
Scintigraphy
author_facet Saeed Farzanefar
Mahya Zarei
Arefeh Mirzabeigi
Mehrshad Abbasi
author_sort Saeed Farzanefar
title Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
title_short Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
title_full Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
title_fullStr Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
title_full_unstemmed Esophageal Hiatal Hernia: A Possible Scintigraphic Feature
title_sort esophageal hiatal hernia: a possible scintigraphic feature
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Case Reports in Clinical Practice
issn 2538-2683
2538-2691
publishDate 2021-08-01
description An 81-year-old woman with symptoms of upper Gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction but with no supporting evidence for obstruction in previous endoscopies was studied with a solid-liquid gastric emptying scintigraphic examination. There was evidence of accumulation of the tracer in a part of the stomach in the thorax before filling the stomach. The paraesophageal hiatal hernia was suspected. The diagnosis was not confirmed by other modalities and the patient passed away after upper GI bleeding a month later.
topic Gastric emptying
Hiatal hernia
Scintigraphy
url https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/365
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