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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia, the infant died of severe persistent pulmonary hypertension. International Classification of Diseases code Q79.0

• A - Plain X-ray of the thorax of a newborn with CDH. There are bowel loops into the left hemi-thorax, the mediastinum is displaced to the contralateral side and the space occupied by the lung is reduced.
• B - small bowel loops can be seen entering the thorax through the orifice.
• C - seen after reducing the contents of the hernia.
• D - At autopsy, extreme left lung hypoplasia and less severe right lung hypoplasia were discovered.

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Reference

<pubmed>22214468</pubmed>| Orphanet J Rare Dis.

Copyright

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