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Pre-operative Condition: Large Hiatal Hernia with Development of Deformity of the Organs and Skeletal Structure of the Thorax

ID: exh76549a
This exhibit consist of a front and lateral views of the upper torso depicting a large hiatal hernia involving most of the stomach, mesentery, omentum and transverse colon. There is an insert that also shows that the stomach is inverted within the hiatal hernia with organoaxial rotation. On the lateral view it is better appreciated how all of this fits inside the thoracic cavity and how the organs within the thorax and the spine has been deformed to accommodate the hernial sac.
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