Children's Hospital with an 8-day history of abdominal cramping, pain, and bile-stained vomiting. During the past 6 months he had experienced episodes of abdominal distention, constipation, and bile-stained vomiting and 1 episode of hematemesis and rectal hemorrhage 3 days before his admission. He weighed 37 kg; although his abdomen was not distended, the upper abdomen was tender, with normal bowel sounds and no palpable mass. The results of laboratory examinations were all normal. An abdominal radiograph did identify an abnormally dilated loop of the small bowel. Investigations

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Intrathoracic gastric volvulus in the neonatal period is a rare surgical emergency. Delays in diagnosis and treatment are life-threatening due to progressive deterioration of the gastric walls. Presentation in this period can be confused with the possibility of esophageal atresia or esophageal web. The upper gastrointestinal tract contrast study is diagnostic in this disease. The authors report a case of acute intrathoracic gastric volvulus diagnosis by radiologic-contrast-study in 1-day-old girl that was confirmed at surgery. The physiopathology, classification and different presentations of this entity are briefly reviewed.

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