Bochdalek hernia: a rare cause of dyspnea and abdominal pain in adults

Jandus, P.; Savioz, D.; Purek, L.; Frey, J.G.; Schnyder, J.M.; Tschopp, J.M.; Jandus, P; Savioz, D; Purek, L; Frey, J.G; Schnyder, J.M; Tschopp, J.M

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Bochdalek hernia: a rare cause of dyspnea and abdominal pain in adults

Jandus, P.; Savioz, D.; Purek, L.; Frey, J.G.; Schnyder, J.M.; Tschopp, J.M.

Revue Medicale Suisse 5(203): 1061-1064

2009

ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379

PMID: 19526975

Document Number: 11203

We present here a case of a sixty year old man with a symptomatic hernia of Bochdalek. Its diagnostic was long to be established because this type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is rare and mainly occurs in neonates. However when looking at a patient with dyspnea and lasting atypical abdominal pain, such a diagnosis has to be looked for, even if such a clinical entity is extremely rare in adults.