Hepatic diaphragmatic interposition--Chilaiditi syndrome

Werner, E.

Zeitschrift für Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane 163(2): 198-199

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0303-657X
PMID: 6506807
Document Number: 238543
The subphrenic displacement of the colon (Chilaiditi's syndrome) is an interposition of the flexura hepatica coli between liver and diaphragm caused by an anomaly of the liver ligaments occurring in adults about 1: 50 000. The distinction from air in the peritoneal cavity is the most important differential diagnostic problem.

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