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		<title>Hiatal Hernia</title>
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As a working tech, I'll get to see a variety of interesting x-ray images, and I hope to collect some of them for discussion purposes.  This will give me an opportunity to study them in more detail and share them with you as well.
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<p>As a working tech, I'll get to see a variety of interesting x-ray images, and I hope to collect some of them for discussion purposes.  This will give me an opportunity to study them in more detail and share them with you as well.</p>
<p>Recently, I was working with a student on a chest x-ray when we stumbled upon this rather intriguing image.&nbsp; In my limited experience, I have never seen a hiatal (or hiatus) hernia this large.&nbsp; In this x-ray, it's very well-definied by the air-fluid level present.&nbsp; </p>
<p>What is a hiatal hernia?</p>
<p>Wikipedia has a nice entry on the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus_hernia">Hiatus Hernia</a> if you want to take a look at it there, but a hiatal hernia is a condition where a portion of the stomach protrudes into the chest cavity through the diaphragm.&nbsp; </p>
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