Chilaiditi sign

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pre-operative planning chest X-ray.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

The interposition of the gas-filled bowel loop (hepatic flexure of the colon) between the right hemidiaphragm and liver.

Normal findings in the chest.

Case Discussion

Incidental finding of colonic interposition (Chilaiditi sign) on a chest x-ray.

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