Right-sided Giant Bochdalek hernia in an adult: a case report

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Jari Räsänen Juha Kauppi Saana Andersson

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Saana Andersson
Department of General Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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Diagnosis of a Bochdalek hernia in an adult is rare and even more so in the right diaphragm. We review a case of a 55-year-old woman with a right-sided giant Bochdalek hernia who was experiencing progressive shortness of breath and performance decline. The diagnosis of Bochdalek hernia was made by computed tomography and the right side of liver, right kidney, omentum and flexura hepatica of the colon were herniated to the right hemithorax. The operation was carried out via right thoraco-laparotomy and she made an uneventful recovery. We conclude that maximal exposure was necessary for safe operation and good outcome.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 29, Apr 2019
Accepted: Tue 11, Jun 2019
Published: Fri 30, Aug 2019

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© 2023 Saana Andersson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2019.03.10