Simultaneous pyloric and colonic obstruction associated with hiatus hernia in a weightlifter: a case report
Casey, P.; Casey, M.T.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien de Chirurgie 42(3): 220-222
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-428X PMID: 10372020 Document Number: 498703
Hiatus hernia is usually attributed to conditions that cause a chronic increase in intra-abdominal pressure such as multiple pregnancies and obesity. A 30-year-old man, a weightlifter, had a massive hiatus hernia causing both high and low gastrointestinal obstruction but no involvement of the gastroesophageal junction or fundus. The onset of the obstruction is attributed to an extreme increase in intra-abdominal pressure caused by the action of lifting weights.