thoracic stomach


tho·rac·ic stom·ach

a condition in which part or all of the stomach is contained within the thorax because of a paraesophageal hiatus hernia.

thoracic stomach

A variant of hiatal hernia in which the stomach lies above the diaphragm. This may result from an embryonic anomaly in which the stomach fails to descend, or from a hernia of the diaphragm. See also: stomach