Delayed appearance of a left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia resulting in significant small bowel necrosis.
This is a case report of an infant who has a normal chest x-ray early in life and later developed a left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia resulting in life-threatening bowel infarction.
D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D013997:Time Factors