An Atypical Presentation of a Strangulated Bochdalek Hernia in a 60-Year-Old Man

BACKGROUND: Bochdalek hernia is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which more commonly affects children. Congenital left diaphragmatic hernias, such as Bochdalek, rarely occur in adults. Most such cases do not present any symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 60-ye...

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Autores principales: Coco, Danilo, Leanza, Silvana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31316666
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.465
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description BACKGROUND: Bochdalek hernia is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which more commonly affects children. Congenital left diaphragmatic hernias, such as Bochdalek, rarely occur in adults. Most such cases do not present any symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 60-year-old male with a left-sided Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia, who presented with abdominal pain and dyspnea. The patient was successfully treated by laparoscopic approach. CONCLUSION: The 60-year-old male patient had left-sided BH and was successfully cured by the laparoscopic approach.
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spelling pubmed-66142562019-07-17 An Atypical Presentation of a Strangulated Bochdalek Hernia in a 60-Year-Old Man Coco, Danilo Leanza, Silvana Open Access Maced J Med Sci Case Report BACKGROUND: Bochdalek hernia is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which more commonly affects children. Congenital left diaphragmatic hernias, such as Bochdalek, rarely occur in adults. Most such cases do not present any symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 60-year-old male with a left-sided Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia, who presented with abdominal pain and dyspnea. The patient was successfully treated by laparoscopic approach. CONCLUSION: The 60-year-old male patient had left-sided BH and was successfully cured by the laparoscopic approach. Republic of Macedonia 2019-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6614256/ /pubmed/31316666 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.465 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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