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Yubin Zhou, Heng Du, Guowei Che1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Province, PR China. cheguowei_hx@aliyun.com.
Abstract:
Bochdalek hernia is the most common type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It appears frequently in infants but rarely in adults. We present the case of a 50-year-old female han patient with tremendous left-sided congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia (Bochdalek hernia) who also has a pair of supernumerary breasts and pulmonary hypoplasia of the lower-left lobe. The patient had an experience of misdiagnosis and she was treated for bronchitis for one year until being admitted to our hospital. This case study emphasizes the rare presentation of Bochdalek hernia in adults and the necessity of high clinical attention to similar cases.
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