[Esophagocele with elevated esophagus in children].

The clinics of the Department of Surgery in Children of the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute during the period of 1951-1983 dealt with 29 children aged from some days to 9 years with hiatal hernias and the elevated esophagus. Results of the observation of patients with hiatal hernia and elevated esophagus have shown the clinical manifestations of the disease to be various. They can be divided into 4 clinical groups: 1) acute course, 2) subacute course, 3) incarcerated hernias, 4) asymptomatic course.