| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000189089 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Pinto Junior, Francisco Edilson Leite1 Fernandes, Andrea Joao, Samir Assi |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Cirurgia, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Season: | Ene-Dic |
| Volumen: | 27 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 54-56 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare abnormality, uncommon in children, whith an incidence increasing with the age, ranging from 0.025% to 0.28% in the general population usually affecting males. The patients are usually asymptomatics and the syndrome is incidently discover through radiologic exams. However, abdominal pain and distention, nauseas, vomits and changes in intestinal habits, and even intestinal obstruction can occur. The authors report a case of a patient with Chilaiditi's syndrome associated to megastomach, megaduodenum and megacolon |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Gastroenterología, Pediatría, Síndrome de Chilaiditi, Megaduodeno, Megacolon |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, Surgery, Chilaiditi syndrome, Megaduodenum, Megacolon |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
