Congenital diaphragmatic (Bochdalek) hernia of the fetus

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a developmental malformation characterized by defect in the diaphragm that allows abdominal viscera to move into chest cavity. A routine ultrasound screening performed during pregnancy detects over half of all cases. This paper describes two women who were prenatally diagnosed have fetus with isolated posterolateral CDH. Both mothers underwent medical abortion. In first case, postmortem examination revealed large right-sided CDH, which part liver and small intestine propagated chest. second one, huge left-sided CDH was identified, entire stomach, proportion left lobe pushed up thoracic diagnostically challenging birth marked variation severity corresponding survival. utero-diagnosed cases usually represent more severe prognostically unfavorable conditions than those postnatally diagnosed. Early prenatal detection may help improve clinical outcome as mother can be referred specialist center before onset labor for optimal perinatal management. legal abortion should last option after others been exhausted.