Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Síndrome de chilaiditi associada a megaduodeno e megacólon transverso

  • Francisco Edilson Leite Pinto Júnior,
  • Andrea Fernandes,
  • Samir Assi João

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912000000100013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 1
pp. 54 – 56

Abstract

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Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare abnormality, uncommon in children, whith an incidence increasing with the age, ranging from 0.025% to 0.28% in the general population usually affecting males. The patients are usually asymptomatics and the syndrome is incidently discover through radiologic exams. However, abdominal pain and distention, nauseas, vomits and changes in intestinal habits, and even intestinal obstruction can occur. The authors report a case of a patient with Chilaiditi's syndrome associated to megastomach, megaduodenum and megacolon.

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