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An Adult Right-sided Bochdalek Hernia Accompanied with Hepatic Hypoplasia and Inguinal Hernia

  • Choi, Yun Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Jae Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kwan Chang (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Won, Tae Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.04.09
  • Accepted : 2012.06.04
  • Published : 2012.10.05
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Abstract

We herein report a very rare case of adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia accompanied with hepatic hypoplasia and inguinal hernia. A 29-year-old man was admitted with right-sided pneumothorax. A computed tomography was performed and revealed large right sided Bochdalek hernia with hepatic hypoplasia. Under thoracolaparotomy, the defect was closed with Gore-Tex soft tissue patch. After the operation, left-sided inguinal hernia was found. However, it turned out that it had been present during infancy and spontaneously resolved during adolescence. This is the first report of right-sided Bochdalek hernia with hepatic hypoplasia and inguinal hernia in an adult.

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