Bochdalek's hernia completely reduced by spontaneous ipsilateral tension pneumothorax.
This report describes a premature (29 weeks gestation) infant with a left Bochdalek's diaphragmatic hernia, in whom the development of a spontaneous ipsilateral tension pneumothorax caused complete reduction of the hernia into the abdomen. In the presence of a tension pneumothorax, a diaphragmatic hernia may be masked on a chest radiograph and therefore difficult to diagnose.
Connolly
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Daneman
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D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography