Case report
Congenital diaphragmatic Bochdaleck hernia: case report
1 Departamento de Medicina, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense, Avenida Castelo Branco, Lages, SC, 88509-900, Brazil
2 Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 646, Marília, SP, 17525-900, Brazil
3 Laboratório de Escrita Científica, Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821, Santo André, SP, Brazil
International Archives of Medicine 2012, 5:30 doi:10.1186/1755-7682-5-30
Published: 30 October 2012Abstract
Congenital diaphragmatic Bochdaleck hernia is an anatomical defect of the diaphragm, which allows protrusion of abdominal viscera into the chest, causing serious pulmonary and cardiac complications in the neonate. In this study we aimed to present a case of congenital Bochdaleck hernia. We investigated a 40 weeks old child, with a pregnancy carried out in a public hospital in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We suggest that if diagnosis occurs in the prenatal period, the prognosis of this disease improves. As a consequence, it allows the parity of the fetus to occur in a higher complexity center, optimizing the chances of survival.
