Hérnia de bochdalek em adulto

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Daniel Riccioppo C.F. de
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues Jr.,Aldo Junqueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912008000100010
• topic: Hernia, diaphragmatic; Diaphragm; Hernia, Diaphragmatic/congenital

Bochdalek´s hernia is a congenital malformation of the posterolateral diaphragm region. It is more common on the left and more frequently seen in newborns and rare in adults, with over a few 100 reported cases. We present a case of Bochdalek´s hernia in a 49-year-old patient with long term dyspeptic symptoms. The upper endoscopy showed a gastric fundus herniation sliding into the chest through the diaphragmatic defect. The patient also presented with a rare pulmonary malformation diagnosed during surgery. It was corrected through thoracic approach with no other complications.