title: Colopleural fistula due to strangulated Bochdalek hernia in an adult.
abstract: An elderly patient presented with a right sided pneumothorax due to strangulation of part of the colon through a congenital Bochdalek hernia. Congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia of Bochdalek is rare in an adult and strangulation with pneumothorax has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, East Birmingham Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology