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Diaphragmatic hernia, right-sided

Marcos Antonio Velasco Sanchez, MD; Candelario Conda Moreno, MD; Andres Zurita Zurita, MD; Gustavo Garzon, MD; Lucero Cortez Chavez, MD

Article Published: Jan 26, 2011

Centro de EstudiosĀ  e InvestigacionĀ  EnĀ  Salud Materno Fetal de la Secretaria de Salud del Estado de Guerrero, Mexico.
Hospital GeneralĀ  Dr. Donato G. Alarcon de Ciudad Renacimiento, Acapulco,Guerrero, Mexico.
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Mexico.

Case report

This is a case of a 26-year-old woman (G3P2) with unremarkable history. She was scanned at 22 weeks of gestation. The ultrasound examination revealed a right-sided diaphragmatic hernia.

Images 1,2: Transverse view of the chest, the heart is pushed to the left (arrow) by the herniated bowel.

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Images 3,4: Sagittal view of the chest and abdomen. Image 3 shows a herniated bowel above the diaphragm.
Image 4 shows a Doppler of the heart and aortic arch.

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Videos 1,2: Video 1 shows a transverse view of the chest with heart pushed to the left by herniated bowel.



Video 3: Sagittal view of the chest and abdomen, bowel and stomach are herniated into the thoracic cavity.

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