Colopleural fistula due to strangulated Bochdalek hernia in an adult.
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.
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Department of General Surgery, East Birmingham Hospital.
Gibbons
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Kennedy
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Matthews
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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