title: Late-onset Bochdalek hernia with a rare postoperative complication: case report.
abstract: We report a case of a 7-year-old-girl with a late-presenting Bochdalek hernia. The postoperative course was complicated by splenic torsion and subsequent total splenic infarction. Total splenic infarction due to splenic torsion has been reported in children with "wandering spleen" and in incarcerated Bochdalek hernias, but to our knowledge, not as a postoperative complication of Bochdalek hernia repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K. U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Foer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Breysem
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Smet
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality