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ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND DUODENUM
Case #8 -
A 60 year old woman presented with dysphagia

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
7.) What are the potential life-threatening complications of paraesophageal hernias?

Potential life-threatening complications of paraesophageal hernias:

a. Excessive bleeding

b. Volvulus with acute obstruction and infarction, perforation and sepsis

 
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