Rare Chronic Gastric Volvulus Associated with Left Atrial and Mediastinal Compression

AUTOR(ES)

Shriki, Jabi E.

RESUMO

We report a case of chronic gastric volvulus associated with left atrial compression in a 75-year-old woman who presented with chest pain, shortness of breath, and hypotension after elective hemiarthroplasty of the left hip. The patient's medical history included a paraesophageal hernia and gastric volvulus diagnosed in 1997 but left untreated. The present diagnosis of gastric volvulus was made on the basis of a chest radiograph and subsequent computed tomography. Echocardiography showed the volvulus compressing the left atrium.

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