Chilaiditi syndrome presenting with epigastric pain that improved by intentionally taking the left lateral decubitus position

Hitomi Shimada; Masaki Tago; Midori Tokushima; Shu-Ichi Yamashita

doi:10.1002/jgf2.372

Chilaiditi syndrome presenting with epigastric pain that improved by intentionally taking the left lateral decubitus position

J Gen Fam Med. 2020 Sep 20;22(1):53-54. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.372. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Hitomi Shimada^{1

2}, Masaki Tago¹, Midori Tokushima¹, Shu-Ichi Yamashita¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine Saga University Hospital Saga Japan.
² Shimada Hospital of Medical Corporation Chouseikai Saga Japan.

Abstract

Chilaiditi syndrome could improve simply by taking the left lateral decubitus position, avoiding unnecessary hospitalization, or shortening the length of hospital stay. Therefore, repositioning is a noninvasive and effective first-choice treatment.

Keywords: Chilaiditi syndrome; left lateral decubitus position.