Massive hiatus hernia complicated by jaundice

Ruelan V Furtado¹, Trevor J D'Netto², Henry C Hook³, Gregory L Falk⁴, SarahJayne Vivian⁵

Affiliations

¹ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia.
² Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia.
³ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia.
⁴ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia sydney.heartburn@gmail.com.
⁵ Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia.

PMID: 26246452
PMCID: PMC4526397
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjv087

Case Reports

Massive hiatus hernia complicated by jaundice

Ruelan V Furtado et al. J Surg Case Rep. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 28;2015(7):rjv087.

doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjv087.

Authors

Ruelan V Furtado¹, Trevor J D'Netto², Henry C Hook³, Gregory L Falk⁴, SarahJayne Vivian⁵

Affiliations

¹ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia.
² Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia.
³ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia.
⁴ Upper GI Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia sydney.heartburn@gmail.com.
⁵ Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia.

PMID: 26246452
PMCID: PMC4526397
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjv087

Abstract

Giant para-oesophageal hernia may include pancreas with pancreatic complication and rarely jaundice. Repair is feasible and durable by laparoscopy. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is diagnostic.

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Figures

**Figure 1:**
MRCP: biliary dilatation, kinking CBD on the hiatus.

**Figure 2:**
Intraoperative: pancreas seen herniated through hiatus. CBD dilated.

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