THORACIC STOMACH PRODUCED BY ESOPHAGEAL HIATUS HERNIA AND CONGENITAL SHORT ESOPHAGUS
Authors: F J PUTNEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 June 1948THORACIC STOMACH PRODUCED BY ESOPHAGEAL HIATUS HERNIA AND CONGENITAL SHORT ESOPHAGUSF. JOHNSON PUTNEY, M.D.F. JOHNSON PUTNEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-6-1094 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThoracic stomach results from herniation through a normal or abnormal diaphragmatic opening, or failure of development of the esophagus. The diaphragm has only one normal opening through which gastric hernia is apt to occur and that is the esophageal passageway, considered to be the weakest point in the diaphragm. Both the vena cava and the aorta traverse the diaphragm, but the expansile vessels fill the openings so completely that herniation is prevented. Abnormal openings in the diaphragm may be produced by embryologic defects or by direct or indirect trauma. Congenital shortening of the esophagus, when present, checks the descent of...Bibliography1. PARÉ A: Les Oeuvres de M. Ambroise Paré, Paris, G. Buon, 1575, 379-382. Google Scholar2. MORGAGNI JB: De Sedibus et Causis Morborum, Venetiis, Remondiniana, 1761, ii, 322-326. Google Scholar3. GIFFIN HZ: Diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia, Ann. Surg., 1912, lv, 388-399. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FINEMANCONNOR SHM: Right diaphragmatic hernia of the short esophagus type, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1924, clxvii, 672-679. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MORRISON LB: Diaphragmatic hernia of fundus of stomach through esophageal hiatus, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxiv, 161-163. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HEDBLOM CA: Diaphragmatic hernia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxv, 947-953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. RITVO M: Hernia of stomach through esophageal orifice of diaphragm, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 15-21. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. CLERFMANGES LHWF: Congenital anomalies of esophagus with special reference to congenitally short esophagus with portion of stomach above the diaphragm, Ann. Otol., Rhin., and Laryng., 1933, xlii, 1058-1068. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. CLERFMANGES LHWF: Congenitally short esophagus, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 2008-2012. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. CLERFMANGES LHWF: Congenitally short esophagus, Rev. Gastroenterol., 1935, ii, 18-23. Google Scholar11. MANGESCLERF WFLH: Congenital anomalies of alimentary tract with special reference to congenitally short esophagus, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1935, xxxiii, 657-669. Google Scholar12. DUNHILL T: Diaphragmatic hernia, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1935, xxii, 475-499. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. DWYER MF: Hernia of cardiac end of stomach through diaphragm, Radiology, 1937, xxviii, 315-324. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. COWAN II: Diaphragmatic hiatus hernia, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1937, xxxvii, 333-345. Google Scholar15. JENKINSONROBERTS ELEW: Lesions of diaphragm, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1937, xxxviii, 584-591. Google Scholar16. MOERSCH HJ: Hiatal hernia, Ann. Otol., Rhin., and Laryng., 1938, xlvii, 754-767. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. LEVYDUGGAN MDLB: Hiatus hernia of stomach, South. Med. Jr., 1941, xxxiv, 351-357. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. POLLEY HF: Congenital short esophagus with thoracic stomach and esophageal hiatus hernia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 821-825. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. JONES CM: Hiatus esophageal hernia, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1941, ccxxv, 963-972. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. OHLERRITVO WRM: Diaphragmatic hernia, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1943, ccxxix, 191-196. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. KAYVINSON WPP: Herniation of stomach through esophageal hiatus, West Va. Med. Jr., 1944, xl, 46-49. Google Scholar22. KINZERCOOK : Lesions of the diaphragm, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1944, lii, 611-614. Google Scholar23. 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., 1945, cxxii, 546-568. CrossrefGoogle Scholar24. AREY : Developmental Anatomy, 259. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication June 27, 1947.From the department of Laryngology and Broncho-Esophagology, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byZwerchfellDigestive SystemThe Natural History of the Partial Thoracic Stomach (Hiatus Hernia) in ChildrenHiatushernienGastric Ulcer in Hiatal Hernia Complicating PregnancyCOMPLICATIONS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HIATUS HERNIA AND SHORT ESOPHAGUS 1 June 1948Volume 28, Issue 6Page: 1094-1105KeywordsAortaEsophagusHerniaStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...