Colopleural Fistula Due to Strangulated Bochdalek Hernia in an Adult

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Journal Thorax

Date 1989 Sep 1

PMID 2588216

Citations 12

Authors

M Sinha

P Gibbons

S C Kennedy

H R Matthews

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Abstract

An elderly patient presented with a right sided pneumothorax due to strangulation of part of the colon through a congenital Bochdalek hernia. Congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia of Bochdalek is rare in an adult and strangulation with pneumothorax has not been reported before.

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