Sersar Sameh I, Batouk AbdulNassir O
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Thoracic Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Holly Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Clin Respir J. 2015 Jul;9(3):372-4. doi: 10.1111/crj.12138. Epub 2014 Oct 14.
The presence of the stomach in the chest is called gastrothorax. Few cases were reported. Most of them were related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
We are presenting a case of successful repair of ruptured traumatic gastrothorax which was masqueraded as chylothorax.
A male patient with rupture stomach in the left chest cavity. Results successful repair of ruptured traumatic gastrothorax.
Traumatic ruptured gastrothorax can be mistaken for chylothorax.
