What are the other common names for this abnormality?
Intrathoracic stomach, upside-down stomach.
Follow-up CT scan, ordered to rule out acute complications, showed stomach and proximal end of the duodenum herniated through widened oesophageal hiatus into the intrathoracic, retrocardiac position.
The CT scan also confirms the correct placement of pacemaker leads.
Sagittal view of the same study further establishes the diagnosis of giant hiatal hernia as an incidental finding.
Other findings include aortic calcifications and advanced spinal osteoarthritis with multilevel vacuum phenomena. Diffused enlargement and multiple nodules of the right thyroid gland lobe.