title: A rare case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with ectopic liver and absent pericardium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka, India. sevagur@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ganesh S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Shirish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borkar
authors.forename: Aman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Bedjirgi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chidanand
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warrier
mesh_terms: 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