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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(6):592-596. Published online June 15, 1981.

A case of Bochdalek's Hernia.

Wha Za Shin, Chong Suhn Kim, Dong Gie Shin

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A Case of surgically corrected congenital Bochdalek's hernia is reported. A 6months old female baby was admitted with chief complaints of mild dyspnea, cyanosis and vomiting with irritability. The diagnosis was confirmed by physical finding of the audible peristaltic sounds on the left chest and radiological characteristic finding of barium study. The review of literature is made briefly.

Keywords :Diaphragmatic hernia;Bochdalek's foarmen