All issues > Volume 28(7); 1985

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1985;28(7):720-725. Published online July 31, 1985.

Two Cases of Bochdalek's Hernia.

Sang Ki Hwang¹, Un Hee Choi¹, Sang Suck Ki¹, Hak Soo Lee¹, Byung Wha Lee², Heum Rea Park³

¹Department of Pediatrics, In Cheon Gil Hospital
²Department of General Surgery, In Cheon Gil Hospital
³Department of Clinical Pathology, In Cheon Gil Hospital

Abstract

Congenital diaphragamatic anomaly is a rare congenital malformation and is found more frequently on the left side than the right side. We had experienced two cases of congenital diaphragmatic anomaly on the right and the left side. One case was 1 year old male infant which was admitted with chief complaints of fever and mild cough. The diagnosis was confirmed by physical finding of audible peristaltic sounds on the left chest, chest X-ray, upper G-I series and other special studies. The hernia was successfully corrected by operation. The another case was 4 hours old male newborn infant which was brought to emergency room of In Cheon Gil Hospital with chief complaints of dyspnea and cyanosis, which was through to be congenital diaphragmatic hernia of the right side. On autopsy, a large right diaphragmatic defect resulting massive diaphragmatic hernia and ipsilateral pulmonary hypoplasia were found. The authors report the case with review of pertinent literatures.

Keywords :Congenital diaphragmatic hernia