[Perforation of a hiatal hernia after a high altitude flight]

Rev Med Liege. 2007 Mar;62(3):144-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a 84-year-old patient who came to the emergency department for vomiting and epigastralgia which had occurred during an air flight. These symptoms were related to the intraabdominal perforation of a massive hiatal hernia on barotrauma due to high altitude.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aircraft*
  • Altitude*
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Barotrauma / complications*
  • Barotrauma / etiology
  • Female
  • Gastrectomy
  • Hernia, Hiatal / complications*
  • Hernia, Hiatal / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia, Hiatal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / complications
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnostic imaging
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / etiology*
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / surgery
  • Stomach Ulcer / complications
  • Stomach Ulcer / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Ulcer / etiology*
  • Stomach Ulcer / surgery
  • Travel*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vomiting / etiology