title: Postsurgical diaphragmatic herniation: A rare delayed complication of pediatric intraabdominal surgery.
abstract: Spontaneous diaphragmatic herniation as a delayed complication of intraabdominal surgery is an exceedingly rare event in children with few cases reported in the literature. Almost all reported cases are on the right side and followed liver transplantation surgery. We present two pediatric cases of spontaneous diaphragmatic herniation as complications of two different abdominal surgeries: pancreatic pseudocyst resection with splenectomy and liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Milad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yazdani
authors.affiliation: Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA. Electronic address: unniu@radiology.arizona.edu.
authors.forename: Unni
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Udayasankar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: MRI; abdominal surgery; complications; diaphragm; herniation; transplantation