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SUBMITTER: Lu XX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4902355 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Xue-Xin XX Shen Zhen Z Dong Kui-Ran KR Zheng Shan S
Medicine 20160501 21
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare developmental anomaly of the diaphragm that mainly presents mainly in newborns. Even less common is late-onset CDH associated with hypersplenism. We report a 10-year-old male who presented with coughing, blood-stained sputum, and fever. He was diagnosed with CDH complicating hypersplenism after computed tomography was done. The patient was treated by CDH repair and splenectomy, and remained asymptomatic at 6-month follow-up. Computed tomography can ...[more]