Open AccessA late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
Author(s) -
Chitra Juwarkar,
Deependra Kamble,
Vishal Sawant
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.71034
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , mediastinal shift , pneumothorax , respiratory distress , diaphragmatic breathing , surgery , pulmonary hypoplasia , diaphragmatic hernia , diaphragm (acoustics) , hernia , lung , radiology , pathology , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , alternative medicine , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker , biology
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is described as (1) failure of diaphragmatic closure at development, (2) presence of herniated abdominal contents into chest and (3) pulmonary hypoplasia. Usually, pleural space is drained urgently when there is respiratory distress and radiological appearance of mediastinal shift. We present a case of a 5-month-old baby, diagnosed as tension pneumothorax and treated with chest drain insertion. CDH was the intraoperative diagnosis.