A Case of Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Hiatal Hernia in Late Third Trimester of Pregnancy

• Main Authors: Stefania Di Francesco (Author), Mariano Matteo Lanna (Author), Marcello Napolitano (Author), Luciano Maestri (Author), Stefano Faiola (Author), Mariangela Rustico (Author), Enrico Ferrazzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital hiatal hernia is a condition characterized by herniation of the abdominal organs, most commonly the stomach, through a physiological but overlax esophageal hiatus into the thoracic cavity. Prenatal diagnosis of this anomaly is unusual and only eight cases have been reported in the literat...