We report a 5-year-old girl who presented with persistent iron-deficiency anemia. She had a history of abdominal pain and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. High-resolution computed tomography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy and barium meal examination revealed a congenital diaphragmatic hernia with intermittent gastric volvulus. The anemia was the result of Cameron lesions associated with diaphr...

BACKGROUND A diaphragmatic hernia is defined as a defect in part of the diaphragm through which abdominal contents can protrude into the thorax. It may be congenital or acquired. In this case report, we aim to demonstrate a congenital diaphragmatic hernia in an adult marfanoid patient which required emergency treatment CASE PRESENTATION A 43 year old woman was admitted with classical appendic...

Background, Aims, and Objectives. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia typically presents in childhood but in adults is extremely rare entity. Surgery is indicated for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients who are fit for surgery. It can be done by laparotomy, thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, or laparoscopy. With the advent of minimal access techniques, the open surgical repair for this hernia has decreas...

MORGAGNI CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA IN A 7-MONTHS-OLD BOY. A CASE REPORT. (Abstract): Congenital diaphragmatic abnormalities occur in 1/2000 to 1/4000 births. Congenital diaphragmatic hernias are relatively common, with a majority forming posterolaterally through the foramen of Bochdalek. The incidence of Morgagni hernia is about 2% from all the others diaphragmatic hernias. Patients are u...

RATIONALE Diaphragmatic Hernia is rare as complication of Colonoscopy. Diaphragmatic hernia as a complication of colonoscopy has been reported only few cases. Additionally, it is often misdiagnosed as other disease by clinicians due to their lack of related knowledge, which delays diagnosis of Diaphragmatic hernia and thus exacerbates the prognosis. PATIENT CONCERNS We report the case of a 66...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital disorder characterized by defect in the diaphragm, which causes contents of stomach to protrude into chest cavity. Increased survival CDH patients related initial management form ventilator strategy, pulmonary hypertension, improvement surgical and anesthetic techniques, use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) when indicated. Early st...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare congenital anomaly of the diaphragm with an incidence of 1:2000-5000 of live births. This study retrospectively evaluated patients who had been operated on for CDH at our department of Pediatric Surgery between January 2013 and December 2016. The Demographic Data and outcomes of right CDH cases (Group 1) were compared with left CDH cases (Group 2).

introduction: congenital gastrointestinal (gi) malformation occurs due to mal development of gi organs. the diagnosis is based on clinical exam and radiography. the aim of this study was to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal anomalies in imam reza hospital deliveries mashhad, iran. materials and methods: in retrospective descriptive study for one year since 1.8.1391 all deliveries in our ...

INTRODUCTION Late-onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a rare anomaly with misleading symptoms and signs. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 7-year-old Middle Eastern girl who presented with acute nonspecific abdominal symptoms and respiratory distress of 2 days' duration after sustaining a blunt trauma on her left chest wall on a background of chronic ill-defined left chest pain...

A rare case of the co-occurrence of an osteogenesis imperfecta-like phenotype and congenital diaphragmatic hernia is reported in a male, mixed-breed kitten with a clinical history of dyspnea, dehydration, sternal recumbency and stupor. The animal presented moderate bone deformity of the fore and hind limbs, muscle atrophy, and cervical and thoracic lordosis. The radiological examination and nec...