Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia

Respiratory Function in Esophageal Hiatus Hernia. II. Regional Lung Function

“…Aggravation of the respiratory distress after heavy meals and lying down [8,9] may be attributed to distension of the thoracic loculus. It has been suggested that distension and obstruction of the thoracic locu lus occur more frequently in hiatus hernias of paraesophageal variety [3,5,9,10] than in the sliding type which often communicates freely with the rest of the stomach [6]. However, even sliding hernia may act as a space-occupying mass of a more or less constant volume and thus affect the regional lung function.…”

Bochdaleck diaphragmatic hernia, complicated by an antenatal gastric perforation, presenting as a pneumothorax and a perforative peritonitis

“…In the international literature (Table 1) there are several reports describing features that differ from the typical symptoms of CDH: intrathoracic intestinal obstruction [8][9][10][11][12][13][14], intrathoracic massive gastric enlargement [15][16][17][18], acute gastric volvulus [4,[19][20][21][22], strangulated diaphragmatic hernia [5-8, 10, 13, 23, 24], jaundice [30], meconium peritonitis [31], acute pancreatitis [30][31][32], peritoneal and thoracic bleeding [33,34], pleuritis [36], lung cyst [17], torsion of the spleen [40], gastro-intestinal perforation [30,[37][38][39].…”

“…CDH appears rarely outside of the neonatal period, and exceptionally also at birth, with different clinical-radiological features [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] as, e.g., an intrathoracic intestinal obstruction [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] or an intrathoracic gastric dilatation [15][16][17][18].…”

Bockdalek Hernia With Gastric Volvulus With Ischemia in An Adult: A Case Report

“…Rarely pancreas, appendix, ovary and the Meckels diverticulum are found as hernia contents [8]. Left part of the transverse colon, splenic flexure and the descending colon usually herniate along with the greater omentum [9].…”