Significance of Chilaiditi sign and Chilaiditi syndrome
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Significance of Chilaiditi sign and Chilaiditi syndrome

Kewal Arunkumar Mistry Radiologist, Synergy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttrakhund, India
Rohit Bhoil Resident, department of radiodiagnosis, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Neeraj Kumar Resident, department of radiodiagnosis, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Rajesh Chopra Resident, department of cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Nishant Thapar Resident, Department of radiodiagnosis, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Chilaiditi sign and syndrome are uncommon conditions and often misdiagnosed. They are clinically significant, however, because they can result in a range of complications, including bowel volvulus, perforation and obstruction. When patients are symptomatic, treatment is usually conservative and surgery is rarely indicated unless there is a suspicion of ischaemia, or if conservative management does not resolve other signs and symptoms. This article describes Chilaiditi sign and syndrome, and presents four case studies to illustrate the relevant signs and symptoms.

Emergency Nurse. 25, 3, 26-31. doi: 10.7748/en.2017.e1682

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rohitbhoil@gmail.com

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Conflict of interest

None declared

Received: 08 December 2016

Accepted: 21 March 2017

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