Intrathoracic Spleen due to Bochdalek’s Hernia in an Adult | Zendy

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Intrathoracic Spleen due to Bochdalek’s Hernia in an Adult

Author(s) -

Martin Hübner,

Karen Goossens,

Henri Vuilleumier

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

digestive surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1421-9983

pISSN - 0253-4886

DOI - 10.1159/000243720

Subject(s) - medicine , bochdalek hernia , spleen , hernia , surgery , thorax (insect anatomy) , general surgery , diaphragmatic hernia , radiology , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , anatomy , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics

A 44-year-old male with several known congenital malformations presented with long-lasting dyspepsia and acute epigastric pain to our emergency department. Physical examination revealed an abdominal distension with left upper quadrant tenderness. The laboratory tests were normal but chest radiography showed an ‘air bubble’ in the left thorax with mediastinal shift to the right ( fig. 1 a). Thoracoabdominal computed tomography rePublished online: January 8, 2010

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