Spontaneous Rupture of Diaphragm in an 8 Years-old Girl with Nephrotic Syndrome.
- Author:
Seong Cheol LEE
1
;
Ki Hong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Diaphragmatic eventration;
Spontaneous rupture
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Child*;
Diaphragm*;
Diaphragmatic Eventration;
Emergency Service, Hospital;
Female*;
Humans;
Laparotomy;
Nephrotic Syndrome*;
Rupture, Spontaneous*;
Thoracic Cavity;
Thorax;
Ultrasonography;
Viscera;
Vomiting
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons
2000;6(1):60-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diaphragmatic eventration and spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm are not common. Authors experienced a case of spontaneous rupture of the congenital diaphragmatic eventration. An 8 year-old girl with right congenital diaphragmatic eventration and nephrotic syndrome, visited emergency room because of severe abdominal pain and vomiting. She had intermittent abdominal pain for 1 year. Plain chest X-ray and ultrasonography showed entrapped bowels in the right thoracic cavity. She underwent exploratory laparotomy. Reduction of the herniated abdominal viscera, trimming of the ruptured diaphragm and plication of the diaphragm were done. Postoperative course was uneventful. In the English literature there is only one reported case of spontaneous rupture of eventrated diaphragmatic.
