Al-Dugdugi Mohammed, Alhazmi Abdulhameed, Khaliel Abdulhadi, Perez Luis
Department of Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, King Fahad Central Hospital, Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2017 May 17;11(2):284-292. doi: 10.1159/000462968. eCollection 2017 May-Aug.
Bochdalek hernia (BH) can be a life-threatening condition in infants. Approximately 85.3% of newborns with a BH are immediately at high risk and have a high mortality rate due to respiratory insufficiency [Kocakusak et al.: Hernia 2005;9: 284-287]. However, BH is almost asymptomatic in adults and discovered only incidentally [Wilkins et al.: Clin Imaging 1994;18: 224-229]. Complicated BH in adults might present with visceral incarceration and lethal complications. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding and acute pancreatitis are rarely reported in the literature as complications of BH in adults. Here we report the case of a 42-year-old male who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and acute pancreatitis. He was found to have abdominal visceral organ herniation to the posterior right thoracic cavity. His diagnosis was achieved early and with a close follow-up, we succeeded in stabilizing the patient's condition. Then he was subjected to reconstructive thoracotomy for hernial repair and restoring abdominal viscera.
波氏疝(BH)在婴儿中可能是一种危及生命的疾病。约85.3%的患有BH的新生儿立即处于高危状态,且因呼吸功能不全死亡率很高[科卡库萨克等人:《疝》2005年;9:284 - 287]。然而,BH在成人中几乎没有症状,仅偶然被发现[威尔金斯等人:《临床影像学》1994年;18:224 - 229]。成人复杂的BH可能会出现内脏嵌顿和致命并发症。上消化道出血和急性胰腺炎作为成人BH的并发症在文献中很少被报道。在此,我们报告一例42岁男性,其表现为上消化道出血和急性胰腺炎。他被发现有腹部内脏器官疝入右后胸腔。他的诊断得以早期明确,经过密切随访,我们成功稳定了患者的病情。随后他接受了重建性开胸手术进行疝修补并恢复腹部脏器。