Asymptomatic Transhiatal Pancreatic Herniation after Oesophagectomy
Published: October 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5017
Nikhil Agrawal, Sujoy Pal, Nihar Ranjan Dash, KS Madhusudhan, Deep Narayan Srivastava
1. Assistant Professor, Department of HPB Surgery, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, D1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India.
2. Additional Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
3. Additional Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
5. Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Nikhil Agrawal,
Assistant Professor, Department of HPB Surgery, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences,
D1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India.
Phone : 9540946808, E-mail : drnkhl@gmail.com
Transhiatal herniation of abdominal organs after oesophageal resection and reconstruction is rare and sparsely described in the literature. The commonest organ to herniate is the colon. Pancreatic herniation has been reported twice before. We report a case of postoesophagectomy transhiatal pancreatic herniation in an asymptomatic patient.
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