Successful treatment of spontaneous diaphragmatic hernia with gastric necrosis: A case report

A complicated case of diaphragmatic hernia combined with pyothorax

“…Diaphragmatic hernia is a type of internal hernia, a disease state in which abdominal organs and other organs move ectopically through the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity. Generally, the protrusion of intraabdominal organs into the thoracic cavity through a congenital defect of the diaphragm is called congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and the entry into the thoracic cavity through an acquired ssure is called acquired diaphragmatic hernia.Pyothorax is an infection of the pleural cavity, which is categorized as acute, subacute, or chronic pyothorax based on the duration of its infection.Cases of simple diaphragmatic hernia combined with necrosis have been reported more rarely, and necrosis followed by pyothorax are particularly rare.Congenital diaphragmatic hernia causing gastric necrosis in combination with pyothorax has not been reported.Li [3]reported a case of spontaneous septal hernia with gastric necrosis.Kajal [4] reported a misdiagnosed case of advanced congenital diaphragmatic hernia with medical gastric perforation.…”