Abstract: The authors report 2 cases of acute volvulus of stomach in children caused by congenital abnormality of the diaphragm.A boy of 3 with diaphragmatic eventration complicated with acute omento-axial volvulus of stomach was misdiagnosed as acute pancreatitis and acute gastric dilatation due to lack of obvious respiratory distress on admission.Only at laparotomy was the necrotic part of the volvular stomach found and resected and the peritoneal cavity drained.Plication of the affected hemidiaphragm and gastropexy were done 2 months later.Another boy of 4 with histus hernia complicated with acute mixed volvulus of stomach was correctly diagnosed before operation.The stomach was reduced from the thorax;followed by hiatal ring repair as well as gastropexy.Both operations were satisfactory.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-05-15
Language: en
Type: article
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