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==Overview==


==Chest X-Ray==
An x-ray may be helpful in the [[diagnosis]] of a [[hiatus hernia]]. Findings on an x-ray suggestive of a hiatus hernia include retrocardiac [[opacity]] with the air-fluid level.
On chest radiographs, a paraesophageal hernia may appear as a soft-tissue-opacity lesion posterior to the heart near the esophageal hiatus.
 
==X Ray==
*An [[x-ray]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. Findings on an x-ray suggestive hiatus hernia include:<ref name="pmid20011498">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kundal AK, Zargar NU, Krishna A |title=Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hiatus hernia in infancy |journal=J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=142–3 |year=2008 |pmid=20011498 |pmc=2788466 |doi=10.4103/0971-9261.44766 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22633706">{{cite journal |vauthors=Torres D, Parrinello G, Cardillo M, Pomilla M, Trapanese C, Michele B, Lupo U, Schimmenti C, Cuttitta F, Pietrantoni R, Vogiatzis D, Licata G |title=Large hiatal hernia at chest radiography in a woman with cardiorespiratory symptoms |journal=Am J Emerg Med |volume=30 |issue=9 |pages=2103.e1–3 |year=2012 |pmid=22633706 |doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.009 |url=}}</ref>
**An upright [[radiograph]] of [[chest]] in patients with paraesophageal [[Hernia|hernias]] reveals retro-cardiac air-fluid level 
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Image:HH.jpg|Ches X-ray: A Hiatal hernia- Frontal view Air-fluid level behind the heart on the lateral radiograph. Source:Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Lawson, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 25499<ref name="urlHiatus hernia | Radiology Case | Radiopaedia.org">{{cite web |url=https://radiopaedia.org/cases/hiatus-hernia-5 |title=Hiatus hernia &#124; Radiology Case &#124; Radiopaedia.org |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. Findings on an x-ray suggestive of a hiatus hernia include retrocardiac opacity with the air-fluid level.

X Ray

  • An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. Findings on an x-ray suggestive hiatus hernia include:[1][2]
    • An upright radiograph of chest in patients with paraesophageal hernias reveals retro-cardiac air-fluid level 

References

  1. Kundal AK, Zargar NU, Krishna A (2008). "Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hiatus hernia in infancy". J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 13 (4): 142–3. doi:10.4103/0971-9261.44766. PMC 2788466. PMID 20011498.
  2. Torres D, Parrinello G, Cardillo M, Pomilla M, Trapanese C, Michele B, Lupo U, Schimmenti C, Cuttitta F, Pietrantoni R, Vogiatzis D, Licata G (2012). "Large hiatal hernia at chest radiography in a woman with cardiorespiratory symptoms". Am J Emerg Med. 30 (9): 2103.e1–3. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.009. PMID 22633706.
  3. "Hiatus hernia | Radiology Case | Radiopaedia.org".