Bochdalek hernia in a symptomatic adult.

[congenital diaphragmatic hernia]

Bochdalek hernias usually present in neonates with respiratory failure , need to be operated early and are associated with a high mortality . We describe an adult patient who came to the emergency department with nonspecific recurrent chest and abdominal pain . A computed tomography scan showed a large posterolateral diaphragmatic defect and an oversized spleen . The hernia was repaired by a thoracoabdominal approach and Gore-Tex patch . Congenital diaphragmatic hernias are rare and are associated with nonspecific symptoms in adults . With suspicious chest or abdominal radiographs , a computed tomography scan is essential to plan an individualized surgical intervention .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "abdominal pain" symptom

22q11.2 deletion syndrome

adrenal incidentaloma

alpha-thalassemia

benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

carcinoma of the gallbladder

child syndrome

cholangiocarcinoma

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

cushing syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

cystinuria

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

erdheim-chester disease

erythropoietic protoporphyria

fabry disease

familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

liposarcoma

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

malignant atrophic papulosis

pleomorphic liposarcoma

primary effusion lymphoma

primary hyperoxaluria type 1

proteus syndrome

scrub typhus

sneddon syndrome

systemic capillary leak syndrome

typhoid

von hippel-lindau disease

well-differentiated liposarcoma

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