title: Gastric rupture associated with diaphragmatic hernia during pregnancy.
abstract: Diaphragmatic hernia complicating pregnancy rarely occurs, but it is frequently misdiagnosed. A strangulated diaphragmatic hernia in a pregnant patient presents a true surgical emergency, and delay in operative intervention can result in fetal and maternal mortality in as many as 50% of cases. We describe a case report of a pregnant patient and her fetus surviving after a spontaneous gastric rupture from a strangulated diaphragmatic hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. tdluu3@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Theresa D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Luu
authors.forename: V Seenu
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Seth D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Force
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery