Resumen

LEON VALDIVIES, Yusbiel José; SAINZ MENENDEZ, Benito; FERNANDEZ GARCIA, Sergio  y  OSES HERRERA, Liliana. The gastric volvulus as a cause of dyspnea: A case report. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2015, vol.35, n.4, pp.358-360. ISSN 1022-5129.

The gastric volvulus is a not very frequent entity that can show up in acute form or chronic. The acute volvulus can show up with the triad of Borchardt, the chronic one can be asymptomatic and its diagnosis is usually incidental. We present shows a case of an airplane pilot that presents dyspnea to the medium efforts with cough related with episodes of gastric acidity mainly after profuse foods. The diagnostic confirmation was carried out by means of radiological simple and contrasted studies. A surgical intervention was performed and the symptoms disappeared without other alterations in a period of pursuit of one year.

Palabras clave : Stomach volvulus; Dyspnea; Stomach.

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