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Case Reports
. 2013 May;104(5):200-2.
doi: 10.1701/1291.14276.

[Impaired lung function and anemia from large hiatal hernia: a case report]

[Article in Italian]
Marianna Suppa  1 , Marina Colzi, Elisa Magnanelli, Elisa Migliozzi, Silvia Negri, Federica Millarelli, Alessandro Coppola
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[Impaired lung function and anemia from large hiatal hernia: a case report]

[Article in Italian]
Marianna Suppa et al. Recenti Prog Med. 2013 May.

Abstract

We present the clinical case of a 54 years old man who accessed for dyspnea and severe anemia. After being transfused, he underwent to gastroscopy, which showed an erosive gastritis with large hiatal hernia. The hernia was surgically reduced with laparoscopic hiatoplastic and Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication. In conclusion, dyspnea is not merely a medical competence but also a surgical one.

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