Heart-touching Chilaiditi's syndrome

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摘要 Symptomatichepato-diaphragmaticinterpositionofabowellooporChilaiditi'ssyndromeisapeculiaranatomicalconditionmostoftenfoundbychance.Itsdescribedsymptomsrangefromintermittent,mildabdominalpainanddyspepsiatoacuteintestinalobstruction.Wereportacaseofhepato-diaphragmaticmigrationofthehepaticflexureofthecolonassociatedtoanunusual,heretoforeunreported,angina-likepainexclusivelyevokedbytheleftlateraldecubitus.Tomaximizethechanceofobservinganatomicalchangesindifferentpostures,computedtomographyofthechestandabdomenwasperformedafterairinsufflationintothecolon.Whilefrankherniationintothechestwasexcluded,thescanshowedthatthehepaticflexure-withtheinterpositionofthediaphragm-cameincontactwiththerightsideoftheheartintheleftlateral,butnotinthesupine,decubitus.Thisfindingwasreproducedbyechocardiographywhichalsoshowedvirtuallyunalteredhemodynamicsafterthechangeofposture.ECG,leftandrightventricularglobalandregionalfunctionaswellascardiacinjurymarkersalsoremainedunchangedduringthemaneuver,indicatingthatthepainevokedbythelatterwasunlikelyduetomyocardialischemia.ThiscasesuggeststhatChilaiditi'ssyndromeshouldbeincludedamongthepossible,althoughrare,causesofunexplainedangina-likesymptoms.
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出版日期 2005年12月22日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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