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Bochdalek's hernia completely reduced by spontaneous ipsilateral tension pneumothorax
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
This report describes a premature (29 weeks gestation) infant with a left Bochdalek's diaphragmatic hernia, in whom the development of a spontaneous ipsilateral tension pneumothorax caused complete reduction of the hernia into the abdomen. In the presence of a tension pneumothorax, a diaphragmatic hernia may be masked on a chest radiograph and therefore difficult to diagnose.