Acute chest pain while exercising: a case report of Bochdalek hernia in an adolescent.
We present the case of a 17-year old male patient with a symptomatic congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia with acute onset of symptoms. He was admitted to our emergency department a few days after the onset of symptoms. A large thoracic herniation on the left side was seen on chest X-ray. Further investigation by computed tomography showed the presence of stomach, spleen and colon in the herniation. Semi-urgent surgery was performed by a laparoscopic approach. The diaphragmatic defect was closed with interrupted sutures. The operation and postoperative recovery were uneventful.
Resident of General Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. nadia.kurniawan@student.kuleuven.be
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D059787:Acute Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed