Asymptomatic giant hiatal hernia with double heart shadow

Nainar Madhu Sankar; Gopal Murugesan; Sezhiyan Thandavarayan; Jayasimha Reddy

doi:10.1007/s12055-022-01396-1

Asymptomatic giant hiatal hernia with double heart shadow

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jan;39(1):86-88. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01396-1. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

Authors

Nainar Madhu Sankar¹, Gopal Murugesan¹, Sezhiyan Thandavarayan¹, Jayasimha Reddy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, MIOT International Hospital, 4/112, Mount Poonamallee Road, Manapakkam, Chennai, 600089 Tamil Nadu India.

Abstract

Giant hiatal hernias are rare, accounting for 0.3% of all hiatal hernias. We report a case of giant hiatal hernia in an elderly male diagnosed incidentally on evaluation of polytrauma.

Keywords: Asymptomatic hernia; Double heart shadow; Giant hiatal hernia.