title: [Bochdaleck diaphragmatic hernia in adults. Case report].
abstract: The case of a 27-year-old woman, admitted to our surgical ward with symptoms of epigastric-ache, postmeal vomiting and significant weight loss, is reported. Clinical and radiographic suspicion of mesenterium commune, with duodenal compression due to bands, requested an explorative laparatomy that confirmed the mesenterium commune presence with left caecum and colon adhesion and left Bochdaleck hernia, which is rare in adult age.
authors.affiliation: Di.C.M.I., Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scabini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lanati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frascio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reboa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berti Riboli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008643:Mesentery / Q000196:embryology; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000196:embryology; D013478:Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis