Left posterolateral strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia in children: About a case at the Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

• Main Authors: Emile Bandré (Author), Albert Wandaogo (Author), Isso Ouedraogo (Author), Madina Napon (Author), Bernadette Béré (Author), Yvette Kabré (Author), Toussaint Wend Lamita Tapsoba (Author), Francis Somkieta Ouédraogo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is uncommon. It poses considerable diagnostic challenges when it strangulates. The authors report a case of a left posterolateral strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 5-year-old child diagnosed at the stage of acute intestinal occlusi...