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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;2(7):54.
doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.011056. Epub 2011 Jul 1.

A spontaneous adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia containing perforated colon

Alistair Ap Slesser  1 , Hannah Ribbans, Dominic Blunt, Rex Stanbridge, Gordon N Buchanan
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Case Reports

A spontaneous adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia containing perforated colon

Alistair Ap Slesser et al. JRSM Short Rep. 2011 Jul.
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Figure 1
Coronal preoperative chest CT demonstrating herniation of colon into chest with free air (arrow)
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Figure 2
Axial preoperative abdomen/pelvis CT demonstrating postero-lateral right-sided diaphragmatic defect (arrow)
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