[Impaired lung function and anemia from large hiatal hernia: a case report]. / Alterazioni della funzione respiratoria ed anemia da voluminosa ernia iatale: descrizione di un caso.

ABSTRACT

We present the clinical case of a 54 years old man who accessed for dyspnea and severe anemia. After being transfused, he underwent to gastroscopy, which showed an erosive gastritis with large hiatal hernia. The hernia was surgically reduced with laparoscopic hiatoplastic and Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication. In conclusion, dyspnea is not merely a medical competence but also a surgical one.