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Link: Hypersplenism Associated With Late-Presenting Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

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    06-01-2016 02:56 PM
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27227931

    Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 May;95(21):e 3707. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003707.
    Hypersplenism Associated With Late-Presenting Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Rare Combination. Case Report.
    Lu XX1, Shen Z, Dong KR, Zheng S.
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    Abstract
    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 be an important diagnostic option in this rare combination of CDH and hypersplenism, and surgical intervention is strongly recommended.

    PMID: 27227931 [PubMed - in process]
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