Diaphragmatic hernia in a pediatric emergency department.
Diaphragmatic hernia in pediatric emergency department poses a diagnostic challenge because of the acute or subtle timing of onset and the wide variety of clinical features. We describe 3 different late presentations of Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia in a pediatric emergency department. These reports may help physicians avoid delayed diagnosis of late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia, thereby reducing the risk of inappropriate treatments and life-threatening conditions in children.
From the *Pediatric Clinic, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, †Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Verona, G.B. Rossi Polyclinic, Verona; and ‡Section of Paediatrics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Pasquale
P
Comberiati
Luca
L
Giacomello
Francesco S
FS
Camoglio
Diego G
DG
Peroni
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed