J Surg Case Rep

. 2025 May 30;2025(5):rjaf352.

 doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaf352. eCollection 2025 May. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40453745/

Acute obstruction from adult left-sided Bochdalek hernia: a rare surgical emergency

Tushar Nagtode ¹, Amol Gupta ¹, Darshana Tote ¹, Swati Deshpande ¹, Jhanwi Khurana ¹, Riddhi Thakor ¹

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• PMID: 40453745
• PMCID: PMC12124475
• DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjaf352

Abstract

A diaphragmatic hernia is a defect in the diaphragm that allows abdominal contents to enter the chest cavity due to negative intra-thoracic pressure. Diaphragmatic hernias can be acquired (iatrogenic and traumatic), congenital (Morgni hernia, Bochdalek hernia), or hiatal hernia. Bochdalek’s hernia (BH) seldom affects adults and usually affects the left side. There are not >100 cases of adult left BH, and the majority of them have no symptoms.

Keywords: Bochdalek hernia; acute intestinal obstruction; diaphragmatic hernia.

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