A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax | Zendy

ChitraSanjeev Juwarkar | Zendy; DeependraSuresh Kamble | Zendy; V. Sawant | Zendy

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A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax

Author(s) -

ChitraSanjeev Juwarkar,

DeependraSuresh Kamble,

V. Sawant

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

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.

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