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Posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia in adults--acute symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Case report
V Perhoniemi1, J Helminen, R Luosto
1Department of Surgery, Maria City Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Acute herniation through a posterolateral diaphragmatic defect is rare in adults. Two cases in which such herniation occurred by sudden inversion, a 29-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl, are presented. The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment are discussed.