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Case Reports
. 2015 May 14:2015:bcr2015208634.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208634.

Spontaneous rupture of a congenital diaphragmatic eventration in an infant

Soumitra Saha  1 , Harshjeet Singh Bal  1 , Sudipta Sen  1
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Case Reports

Spontaneous rupture of a congenital diaphragmatic eventration in an infant

Soumitra Saha et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Rupture of the diaphragm may be traumatic or spontaneous. A spontaneous rupture occurring in a congenital eventration of the diaphragm is extremely rare. Only one such case has been reported previously. We report a case of a 5-month-old male infant who presented with acute life-threatening respiratory distress secondary to spontaneous rupture of a congenital diaphragmatic eventration.

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Figure 1
Chest X-ray (A) at presentation and (B) after ventilation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intraoperative images. (A) Defect in diaphragm (white arrow) after reducing the contents. (B) Image of the floppy left sided diaphragm, which was delivered out after reducing the content (black arrow showing site of diaphragmatic rupture). (C) Excised thinned out diaphragm with site of rupture. (D) Healthy margins (arrow) of diaphragm after excision of thin part.
Figure 3
Figure 3
(A) Postoperative chest X-ray. (B) Chest X-ray at discharge.
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