Below, we present the case of a middle-aged woman with a symptomatic congenital posterior diaphragmatic (Bochdalek) hernia that remained undiagnosed for years. During the last attack, when she was referred to our institution, she had a large thoracic herniation of several abdominal viscera including the stomach, which was also rotated along its transverse axis (gastric volvulus). After a chest ...

The traditional surgical management of gastric volvulus consists of laparotomy with gastric detorsion and fixation, and diaphragmatic hernia repair. We report here an 83−year−old patient whose gastric volvulus occurred through a giant dia− phragmatic defect (Figure 1), who pre− sented with a 1−week history of abdomi− nal pain, distension, vomiting, and dys− phagia. At surgery, the gastroesophag...

CONTEXT Wandering spleen is a rare medical entity in which the spleen is orphaned of its usual peritoneal attachments and thus assumes an ever wandering and hypermobile state. This laxity of attachments may even cause torsion of the splenic pedicle. Both gastric volvulus and wandering spleen share a common embryology owing to maldevelopment of the dorsal mesentery. Gastric volvulus complicating...

Three cats were examined because of acute dyspnoea and sudden abdominal enlargement. In all cats, radiographs revealed gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) and diaphragmatic hernia. Cardiovascular shock and dyspnoea were treated by intravenous fluid-therapy, oxygen administration and relief of diaphragmatic pressure by means of stomach decompression and in one case placing the patient in an inclin...

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (TDH) is a rare condition resulting from blunt or penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma and characterized by the protrusion of abdominal organs into thoracic cavity through ruptured diaphragm. Due to its diverse clinical presentations, TDH often faces diagnostic challenges. Accurate diagnosis relies on imaging studies surgical exploration, with intervention being pr...

A female northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) weaned pup presented with malnutrition. During rehabilitation, the seal developed regurgitation and reduced lung sounds on auscultation. Radiographs and endoscopy performed under sedation suggested a diaphragmatic hernia. A Type I (or sliding) hiatal hernia was confirmed with a positive contrast upper gastrointestinal study, revealing va...