A rare case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with ectopic liver and absent pericardium.
We present a 37-year-old woman with a rare combination of absent pericardium with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Only 3 patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia with complete absence of pericardium and ectopic liver have been described, and all of them were neonates. This interesting case gives us an opportunity to study the natural history of this rare combination of anatomic defect and consolidate the existing scarce data on this condition.
Kamath
Ganesh S
GS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka, India. sevagur@hotmail.com
Borkar
Shirish
S
Chauhan
Aman
A
Chidanand
Bedjirgi
B
Kashyap
Nitin
N
Warrier
Raj
R
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color