Hiatus hernia chest x ray
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Overview
An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. Findings on an x-ray suggestive of a hiatus hernia include retrocardiac opacity with the air-fluid level.
X Ray
X Ray
- An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. Findings on an x-ray suggestive hiatus hernia include:[1][2]
- An upright radiograph of chest in patients with paraesophageal hernias reveals retro-cardiac air-fluid level
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![Ches X-ray: A Hiatal hernia- Frontal view Air-fluid level behind the heart on the lateral radiograph. Source:Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Lawson, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 25499[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/6/68/HH.jpg)
Ches X-ray: A Hiatal hernia- Frontal view Air-fluid level behind the heart on the lateral radiograph. Source:Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Lawson, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 25499[3]
![Ches X-ray: A Hiatal hernia- Frontal view Air-fluid level behind the heart on the lateral radiograph. Source:Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Lawson, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 25499[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3AHH.jpg)
References
References
- ↑ Kundal AK, Zargar NU, Krishna A (2008). “Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hiatus hernia in infancy”. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 13 (4): 142–3. doi:10.4103/0971-9261.44766. PMC 2788466. PMID 20011498.
- ↑ Torres D, Parrinello G, Cardillo M, Pomilla M, Trapanese C, Michele B, Lupo U, Schimmenti C, Cuttitta F, Pietrantoni R, Vogiatzis D, Licata G (2012). “Large hiatal hernia at chest radiography in a woman with cardiorespiratory symptoms”. Am J Emerg Med. 30 (9): 2103.e1–3. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.009. PMID 22633706.
- ↑ “Hiatus hernia | Radiology Case | Radiopaedia.org”.
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