Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 2-year-old resembling a tension pneumothorax

Yoonyoung Yves Choi; Aoife Bridget Rice; Roy Mark Kimble

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Aug 2019)

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 2-year-old resembling a tension pneumothorax

Yoonyoung Yves Choi,
Aoife Bridget Rice,
Roy Mark Kimble

Affiliations

Yoonyoung Yves Choi: Queensland Children's Hospital, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia; Corresponding author.
Aoife Bridget Rice: Queensland Children's Hospital, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia
Roy Mark Kimble: Queensland Children's Hospital, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia; University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, School of Health Sciences, Australia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 47

Abstract

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This case presents a child with a late presentation of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia in extremis with features suggestive of tension pneumothorax. Keywords: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia gastrothorax pneumothorax

Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-5766 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pediatric-surgery-case-reports/

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