title: Left posterolateral strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia in children: About a case at the Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
abstract: Late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is uncommon. It poses considerable diagnostic challenges when it strangulates. The authors report a case of a left posterolateral strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 5-year-old child diagnosed at the stage of acute intestinal occlusion with intestinal necrosis and managed successfully. A strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia should be suspected in the case of an association of sudden-onset respiratory and digestive manifestations with no sign of trauma or specific pulmonary history. It then requires an antero posterior thoracic X-ray or, even better, a thoracic-abdominal scan to confirm the diagnosis.
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital 01, PO Box 1198, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
authors: Emile
authors: E
authors: Bandré
authors: Albert
authors: A
authors: Wandaogo
authors: Isso
authors: I
authors: Ouedraogo
authors: Madina
authors: M
authors: Napon
authors: Bernadette
authors: B
authors: Béré
authors: Yvette
authors: Y
authors: Kabré
authors: Toussaint Wend
authors: TW
authors: Lamita Tapsoba
authors: Francis Somkieta
authors: FS
authors: Ouédraogo
mesh_terms: D002050:Burkina Faso; D002675:Child, Preschool; D044684:Colon, Transverse; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic