25 September 2020: Articles
Difficult Diagnosis and Surgical Procedure for Scirrhous Gastric Cancer Complicated by Upside-Down Stomach: A Case Report
Mistake in diagnosis
Hiroki Nakamoto A* , Ryoichi Yokota E , Hiromasa Namba E , Tomohiro Ishikawa E , Kenji Yamada E , Mitsuchika Hosoda E , Koichi Taguchi EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.926002
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e926002
Figure 1. Contrast computed tomography (CT) revealing an upside-down stomach, with the entire organ inserted into the left chest cavity (white arrow). There was no appearance of ischemia in the stomach; however, the thickness of the wall of the entire stomach was remarkable. The stomach wall thickness was 14 mm, and the size of the hernia gate was estimated to be 50 mm.