A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is described as (1) failure of diaphragmatic closure at development, (2) presence of herniated abdominal contents into chest and (3) pulmonary hypoplasia. Usually, pleural space is drained urgently when there is respiratory distress and radiological appearance o...

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Main Authors:	Chitra Sanjeev Juwarkar, Deependra Suresh Kamble, Vishal Sawant
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:	Chest tube congenital diaphragmatic hernia pneumothorax
Online Access:	http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=5;spage=464;epage=466;aulast=Juwarkar

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spelling	doaj-f8e61d8a49a54de680567d799120bfad2020-11-25T00:31:02ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50492010-01-0154546446610.4103/0019-5049.71034A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothoraxChitra Sanjeev JuwarkarDeependra Suresh KambleVishal SawantCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is described as (1) failure of diaphragmatic closure at development, (2) presence of herniated abdominal contents into chest and (3) pulmonary hypoplasia. Usually, pleural space is drained urgently when there is respiratory distress and radiological appearance of mediastinal shift. We present a case of a 5-month-old baby, diagnosed as tension pneumothorax and treated with chest drain insertion. CDH was the intraoperative diagnosis.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=5;spage=464;epage=466;aulast=JuwarkarChest tubecongenital diaphragmatic herniapneumothorax
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author	Chitra Sanjeev Juwarkar Deependra Suresh Kamble Vishal Sawant
spellingShingle	Chitra Sanjeev Juwarkar Deependra Suresh Kamble Vishal Sawant A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Chest tube congenital diaphragmatic hernia pneumothorax
author_facet	Chitra Sanjeev Juwarkar Deependra Suresh Kamble Vishal Sawant
author_sort	Chitra Sanjeev Juwarkar
title	A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
title_short	A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
title_full	A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
title_fullStr	A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
title_full_unstemmed	A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
title_sort	late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
issn	0019-5049
publishDate	2010-01-01
description	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is described as (1) failure of diaphragmatic closure at development, (2) presence of herniated abdominal contents into chest and (3) pulmonary hypoplasia. Usually, pleural space is drained urgently when there is respiratory distress and radiological appearance of mediastinal shift. We present a case of a 5-month-old baby, diagnosed as tension pneumothorax and treated with chest drain insertion. CDH was the intraoperative diagnosis.
topic	Chest tube congenital diaphragmatic hernia pneumothorax
url	http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=5;spage=464;epage=466;aulast=Juwarkar
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A late presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia misdiagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax

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