An unusual diaphragmatic hernia with gastric perforation and sub-acute presentation

Gastric Perforation Associated with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in a Neonate

and hypertension. Annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System of 2008 revealed that out of 9,006 unique exposures to thyroid preparations only 3 cases had major adverse outcome and there were no deaths[4]. It has been documented that there is no correlation between the amount of levothyroxine ingested and the onset and severity of the symptom...

Delayed presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with intrathoracic gastric volvulus.

BACKGROUND Gastric volvulus (GV) occurs when the stomach abnormally rotates around one of its axes and is a rare upper gastrointestinal obstruction. We present an unusual case of intrathoracic GV associated with delayed manifestation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. METHODS A 16-month-old female infant presented with a history of projectile non-bilious vomiting for 2 days and mild hemateme...

An unusual complication of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia.

An Unusual Complication of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

A term newborn was referred to our unit with a postnatal diagnosis of a right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). She was managed with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, inotropic support, and nitric oxide, with planned surgical repair when she was medically optimized. On day 6 of life, there was an acute deterioration causing difficulty maintaining adequate ventilation and the in...

Warfarin-Associated Diaphragmatic Hernia: An Unusual Diagnosis

Fetal warfarin syndrome is a consequence of maternal intake of warfarin during pregnancy and comprises a wide range of manifestations, including some typical facial dysmorphologic features. The authors report a case of prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of warfarin embryopathy in an obese woman on unsupervised warfarin prophylaxis at the 16th week of gestation. The fetus presented with facial ...