Adult congenital diaphragmatic hernia with absent pericardium and liver heterotopia

Xinyu Wang; Hezhong Chen; Lixin Yang; Chaojing Lu

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa111

Adult congenital diaphragmatic hernia with absent pericardium and liver heterotopia

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Oct 1;58(4):867-869. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa111.

Authors

Xinyu Wang¹, Hezhong Chen¹, Lixin Yang¹, Chaojing Lu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 32303066
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa111

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.

Keywords: Absent pericardium; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Liver heterotopia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / surgery
Humans
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging