Congenital intrathoracic herniation of the right liver--late presentation as anicteric cholestasis.
This report describes an unusual case of right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia discovered fortuitously in a 45-year-old woman. Herniation was characterized by intrathoracic protrusion of the right liver and other abdominal viscera, left intrahepatic biliary dilatation, and anicteric cholestasis. Surgical repair was performed.
Tueche
Serge-G
SG
Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, La Conception University Hospital Marseille, 147, Boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille, France.
Hardwigsen
Jean
J
Castellani
Paul
P
Le Treut
Y-Patrice
YP
D002779:Cholestasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed