CASE REPORT
RIGHT SIDED DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA IN AN ADULT WITH NO HISTORY OF TRAUMA: UNUSUAL CT FINDINGS
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Ministry of Health Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Department of
Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
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Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
Online publication date: 2004-07-15
Publication date: 2004-07-15
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Aydın Kurt
Çiftlik Caddesi Şenyuva Mahallesi 51/1, 06510
Beştepe/ Ankara, Turkey
Phone: +903122872400 or +903122912525
Eur J Gen Med 2004;1(3):55-57
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ABSTRACT
Diaphragmatic hernia in the absence of trauma is very rare in adults. The literature describes
less than a dozen such cases of right-sided diaphragmatic hernia. Here we present an unusual
case of this kind in an adult patient. The hernial contents were the stomach, spleen, pancreas and
large bowel, all structures that, to date, have only been documented in left-sided diaphragmatic
hernias. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a case of this nature.