Neonatal Intrathoracic Gastric Volvulus in Marfan's Syndrome

• Main Authors: Javier Serradilla (Author), Alba Bueno (Author), Carlos De La Torre (Author), Eduardo Alonso Gamarra (Author), Martha Muñoz Romo (Author), Francisco de Borja Nava Hurtado de Saracho (Author), María Álvarez Barrial (Author), Manuel Gomez Cervantes (Author), Manuel Lopez Santamaria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a 12-day-old male who was admitted with vomiting because of an unusual early complication of Marfan's syndrome (MS): a sliding hiatal hernia. Initial ultrasound showed no stomach at its normal position and the chest X-ray presented an intrathoracic gas bubble with the nasogastric tube...