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Chilaiditi syndrome is interposition of the intestine between liver and diaphragm. It is often asymptomatic but there were cases presented as acute pain in the abdomen, needing corrective surgical procedure; or as mistaken renal colic, or as suspected subphrenic abscess, or as pneumoperitonium. The interposition of proximal transverse colon was found to be more common than the small intestine. Chilaiditi syndrome was associated with colonic volvulus. The colonic interposition then progressed from mild abdominal discomfort to intermittent bowel obstruction. Some patients needed surgical operation like hepatic extraperitonealization, after replacement of the dislocated gastroenteric tract, bringing the superior surface of the liver again into direct contact with the related diaphragmatic dome. A rare case of Chilaiditi syndrome incidentally associated with hypertension and ischaemic heart disease, in a male aged 50 years is reported.
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PMID:Chilaiditi syndrome with hypertension. 1136 Dec 85

A 77-year-old woman who had been examined 8 months previously because of chronic abdominal pain and an altered pattern of defecation presented to the emergency department with complaints of nausea, vomiting and acute pain in the abdomen. Her appetite was diminished and she had lost 10 kg in the past year. The abdominal X-ray showed a balloon-like, gas-filled intra-abdominal configuration, which proved to be a giant diverticulum of the sigmoid. She was treated by resection of the diverticulum and the sigmoid. A giant diverticulum is a rare complication of diverticulosis, a frequently occurring condition that is encountered most often in the sigmoid; the complication can easily be missed. The presenting symptoms can vary from an acute abdomen to chronic non-specific abdominal complaints. The most important complications of a giant diverticulum are perforation, obstruction or a volvulus. In view of the severity of these complications, resection of that part of the intestine in which the giant diverticulum arises is the treatment of choice.
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PMID:[Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid]. 1514 55

Internal hernias are uncommon diagnoses and represent rare causes of intestinal obstruction. Diagnoses are frequently made perioperatively. We present herein an illustrated case of transmesenteric hernia diagnosed in a pregnant woman who consulted for severe abdominal and dorsal pains. As CT scan was not possible because of the obstetric history, a decision to perform surgery was made because of acute pain, no history of previous surgery, and a plain erect X-ray disclosing early signs of intestinal obstruction. Perioperative findings were an ileal volvulus through a transmesenteric fossa circled by a unique ileocolic branch. This particular vascular disposition suggests transmesenteric hernias may be the first step in the constitution of congenital small-bowel atresia.
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PMID:Large congenital transmesenteric hernia: a missed small-bowel atresia? 1861 70