Right Diaphragmatic Hernia

Congenital Right-sided Diaphragmatic Hernia

Right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia has in the past been considered to be incompatible with life. Even as recently as 1925 Hedblom stated that 75 per cent. of all cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia die before the age of one month. With modem advances in technique death is now in most cases avoidable, and must be blamed on failure to diagnose correctly. Mis-diagnosis is so much the...

Right diaphragmatic hernia in an elderly man.

A 71-year-old male presented with progressive exertional breathlessness and cough for the last four years. His breathlessness aggravated after a heavy meal and on lying down. He was a smoker, but had no co-morbidities. He did not remember any major trauma or surgery. Examination of the respiratory system revealed mediastinal shift to the left, diminished breath sounds over the whole of the righ...

Traumatic Right Diaphragmatic Hernia; A Delayed Presentation.

Diaphragmatic rupture following blunt or penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma is frequently missed. It presents years later with herniation of abdominal viscera. Surgical treatment should be sought for when diagnosed. A 56 year old female presented to emergency with traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia, road traffic accident 8 years ago when she sustained multiple rib fractures on the right sid...

A Rare Association of Right-sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Encephalocele: A Case Report

Background: This is a case report regarding a 2051-gram female newborn affected by right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) presenting with encephalocele in the occipital region. Case report: The newborn was delivered by a 38-year-old mother from Darmian city, a rural district located in South Khorasan province, Iran. Co...

[Case of right-sided traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in child].