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Adult congenital diaphragmatic hernia with absent pericardium and liver heterotopia
Xinyu Wang1, Hezhong Chen1, Lixin Yang1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Adult congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) with an absent pericardium and liver heterotopia is extremely rare, and had only been described in 1 patient. Here, we present another case of left-sided central CDH in a 40-year-old Chinese woman.
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