2016, Number 1
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a boy of 12 years-old. Case report
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background: The Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with late premiere is a strange congenital anomaly, which is diagnosed before a wide range and diverse grades of symptomatic presentation, or as radiological discoveries, what can take to diagnostic errors and therapeutic failures. Objective: To show a case of late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia given the importance of having it present for the possible diagnoses to that age. Case presentation: A 12 years-old boy that arrived to guard's body with dysphagia and progressive dyspnea of three days of evolution. He was carried out X rays where he was diagnosed the illness, he was operated and he had a satisfactory evolution. Conclusions: The opportune identification of the affection allowed the success of the treatment and the recovery.REFERENCES
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