An Adult Right-sided Bochdalek Hernia Accompanied with Hepatic Hypoplasia and Inguinal Hernia.
10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.5.348
- Author:
Yun Kyung CHOI
1
;
Jae Ho AHN
;
Kwan Chang KIM
;
Tae Hee WON
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Korea. wth@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bochdalek hernia;
Hepatic hypoplasia;
Inguinal hernia
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Hernia;
Hernia, Inguinal;
Humans;
Pneumothorax;
Polytetrafluoroethylene
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012;45(5):348-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We herein report a very rare case of adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia accompanied with hepatic hypoplasia and inguinal hernia. A 29-year-old man was admitted with right-sided pneumothorax. A computed tomography was performed and revealed large right sided Bochdalek hernia with hepatic hypoplasia. Under thoracolaparotomy, the defect was closed with Gore-Tex soft tissue patch. After the operation, left-sided inguinal hernia was found. However, it turned out that it had been present during infancy and spontaneously resolved during adolescence. This is the first report of right-sided Bochdalek hernia with hepatic hypoplasia and inguinal hernia in an adult.
