Congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia in an adult.
A Bochdalek hernia (BH) occurs when abdominal contents herniate through the posterolateral segment of the diaphragm. Most BHs present with life-threatening cardiorespiratory distress in the neonatal period. Rarely, hernias that remain clinically silent until adulthood present as life-threatening surgical emergencies. Our recent experience with a life-threatening emergency due to a BH in a 29-year-old male patient prompted us to reinforce that this entity does exist in adults and should be considered in the differential of acute abdominal pain.
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed