A Missed Case of a Strangulated Right-Sided Diaphragmatic Hernia Containing Perforated Small Bowelin an Elderly Patient

Caitlin T Yeo and Wiley Chung

Department of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

^*Correspondance to: Caitlin T Yeo 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1858

Abstract

We present a patient who was admitted with hypoxemia and was thought to have a right-sided empyema secondary to a parapneumonic effusion. She was treated for two weeks prior to being transferred for a Thoracic Surgery consultation. On review of imaging she actually had a right diaphragmatic hernia with strangulated, perforated small bowel. She was initially stable but during transfer developed increasing respiratory requirements requiring emergent surgery. Atraumatic adult right-sided incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia with bowel perforation is extremely rare with only two other cases reports involving colon and none involving small bowel. We describe her presentation, management, and post-operative considerations.

Keywords

Diaphragmatic hernia; Perforated small bowel

Cite the article

Yeo CT, Chung W. A Missed Case of a Strangulated Right-Sided Diaphragmatic Hernia Containing Perforated Small Bowelin an Elderly Patient. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 1858.