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Hiatus Hernia : An Uncommon Presentation of Chest Discomfort


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1 Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India
     

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Chest discomfort is a worrisome symptom for both patients and physicians and presents a diagnostic challenge with a long list of differential diagnosis. Chest discomfort due to gastrointestinal causes includes oesophagitis, GORD, gastritis, oesophageal spasms, and rarely pancreatitis, cholecystitis and peptic ulcer disease. Here we present an uncommon cause of chest pain: hiatus hernia (HH). HH can be life threatening, if not diagnosed and treated early.

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Chest Discomfort, CT Scan, Barium Swallow, Hiatus Hernia
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Pradeep Nigam
Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India
Hariom Gupta
Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India
Ankur Gupta
Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India
M. Indurkar
Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India
M. K. Jain
Dept. of Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College and associated Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa MP, India

Abstract


Chest discomfort is a worrisome symptom for both patients and physicians and presents a diagnostic challenge with a long list of differential diagnosis. Chest discomfort due to gastrointestinal causes includes oesophagitis, GORD, gastritis, oesophageal spasms, and rarely pancreatitis, cholecystitis and peptic ulcer disease. Here we present an uncommon cause of chest pain: hiatus hernia (HH). HH can be life threatening, if not diagnosed and treated early.

Keywords


Chest Discomfort, CT Scan, Barium Swallow, Hiatus Hernia