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Case Reports
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with gastric volvulus presenting as an acute tension gastrothorax.
- K R Beckmann and C A Nozicka.
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
- Am J Emerg Med. 1999 Jan 1;17(1):35-7.
AbstractThis report describes a 3-month-old infant with acute severe respiratory distress in whom a diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with tension gastrothorax and gastric volvulus was made. A review of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is presented.
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