Bochdalek hernia with gastric incarceration and volvulus
Tiberio, G.; Ortiz, H.; Coscoyuela, R.; Hernández, R.; Jiménez, C.
Revista Clinica Espanola 190(7): 357-358
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-2565 PMID: 1620922 Document Number: 389470
Bochdalek's hernia is infrequent in adults. We communicate the case of a 22 year old male that was admitted at hospital because of a thoracic pain of sudden onset. In the exploration there was pain in left hypochondrium non tolerating decubitus. Thorax radiology showed an "arched" image in left pulmonary base and pleural shedding. The patient underwent a surgical procedure in which a great gastric herniation was found, which forced a total gastrectomy.