Strangulated Diaphragmatic Hernia in an Elderly Man

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...

Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia.

Seventy-six cases of strangulated diaphragmatic hernia were reported up to 1953. An additional 64 cases reported between 1953 and 1966 are reviewed in this paper. The incidence of strangulation in various types of congenital/traumatic, hiatal, and incisional herniae is discussed. Four further cases of strangulated diaphragmatic hernia are presented. The mechanism of strangulation, its diagnosis...

Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia in the neonatal period.

Strangulation of a diaphragmatic hernia was first described by Pare in 1575. It is a rare complication of this type of hernia; Hoffman, Levy, Sole, and Lewitan (1954) could only find 76 cases in the literature and added a case of their own. Most of the earlier instances of strangulation occurred in herniae of traumatic origin, but in recent years there has been a higher proportion in congenital...

A Case of Strangulated Diaphragmatic Hernia

(1) On the right side of the chest about 2 inches below the nipple 1-J inches by 1 inch externally. (2) On the left side just below the inferior angle of the scapula J inch on the surface. Air was passing freely out of both the wounds, and the subcutaneous tissues around them, especially on the left side, were swollen with air. All the wounds were cleaned and sterilized and stitched up except t...

A Strangulated Diaphragmatic Hernia of the Stomach