THORACIC STOMACH SIMULATING LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
Authors: H H HAFT, D K ADLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 December 1950THORACIC STOMACH SIMULATING LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILUREHENRY H. HAFT, M.D., F.A.C.P., DANIEL K. ADLER, M.D.HENRY H. HAFT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, DANIEL K. ADLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-6-1472 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONAlthough the subject of diaphragmatic hernia has appeared in the medical literature with increasing frequency during recent years, it is still felt that not enough emphasis has been placed on it as a mimic of other abdominal conditions as well as of various cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Levy and Duggan1found 26 hiatal hernias in their series of 1,220 patients—an incidence of 2.1 per cent. Harrington2states that at the Mayo Clinic from 1926 through 1939, 650 patients were found to have diaphragmatic hernias. The actual incidence is probably greater than that reported because some patients with hiatal hernias...Bibliography1. LevyDuggan MDLB: Hiatus hernia of the stomach, South. M. J. 24: 351, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Harrington SW: Diagnosis and treatment of various types of diaphragmatic hernia, Am. J. Surg. 1: 377, 1940. Google Scholar3. Ross JR: Personal communication. Google Scholar4. Harrington SW: Personal communication. Google Scholar5. Schiff L: Personal communication. Google Scholar6. Crohn BB: Personal communication. Google Scholar7. Sussman ML: Personal communication. Google Scholar8. Harrington SW: The surgical treatment of the more common types of diaphragmatic hernia: esophageal hiatus, traumatic, pleuroperitoneal hiatus, congenital absence and foramen of Morgagni, Ann. Surg. 122: 546, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Truesdale PE: Diaphragmatic hernia at the esophageal hiatus, the short esophagus and thoracic stomach, New England J. Med. 212: 240, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Harrington SW: Roentgenologic consideration in the diagnosis and treatment of diaphragmatic hernia, Am. J. Roentgenol. 49: 185, 1943. Google Scholar11. Aufses AH: Asymptomatic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia mistaken for pulmonary tuberculosis, J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 8: 143, 1941. Google Scholar12. Bowen A: Volvulus of an inverted intrathoracic stomach complicating diaphragmatic hernia: case report, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 3: 923, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. HermanSinger ME: Para-esophageal hiatal hernia, New York State J. Med. 46: 1020, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. Stoll HF: A case of diaphragmatic hernia in which marked cyanosis and dyspnea were the predominating symptoms, Ann. Int. Med. 10: 395, 1936. LinkGoogle Scholar15. McGinnSpear SLM: Diaphragmatic hernia presenting the clinical picture of acute cor pulmonale, New England J. Med. 224: 1014, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. Reid WD: Hiatus hernia simulating cardiac infarction, New England J. Med. 223: 50, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. Harrington SW: Esophageal hiatus diaphragmatic hernia: diagnosis and treatment of 123 cases, J. Thoracic Surg. 8: 127, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. BeckhHuffman WJ: The importance of diaphragmatic hernia in the differential diagnosis or coronary artery disease, Stanford M. Bull. 3: 181, 1945. MedlineGoogle Scholar19. Jones CM: Studies on the mechanism of the pain of angina pectoris with particular relation to hiatus hernia, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 57: 139, 1942. Google Scholar20. TruesdaleHuntLeigh PEELOC: The role of obstruction in diaphragmatic hernia, Tr. New England J. Surg. 23: 81, 1941. Google Scholar21. Jones CM: Hiatus esophageal hernia, New England J. Med. 225: 963, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22. Moschcowitz E: The simultaneous association of hiatus hernia and coronary disease, J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 4: 272, 1937. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Syracuse, New York*Received for publication June 1, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Erkrankungen des ZwerchfellsTHE GASTROCARDIAC SYNDROME 1 December 1950Volume 33, Issue 6Page: 1472-1479KeywordsHeart diseasesHerniaPulmonary diseasesStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...