title: Giant congenital diaphragmatic hernia in an adult.
abstract: Bochdalek hernia is the most common type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It appears frequently in infants but rarely in adults. We present the case of a 50-year-old female han patient with tremendous left-sided congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia (Bochdalek hernia) who also has a pair of supernumerary breasts and pulmonary hypoplasia of the lower-left lobe. The patient had an experience of misdiagnosis and she was treated for bronchitis for one year until being admitted to our hospital. This case study emphasizes the rare presentation of Bochdalek hernia in adults and the necessity of high clinical attention to similar cases.
authors: Yubin
authors: Y
authors: Zhou
authors: Heng
authors: H
authors: Du
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Province, PR China. cheguowei_hx@aliyun.com.
authors: Guowei
authors: G
authors: Che
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed