Right congenital pleuro-peritoneal hiatus hernia

Devi Sankar K

Abstract

be encountered in any period of life. Left mediastinal shift with right congenital diaphragmatic hernia is rare and life threatening malformation. We describe a case of right congenital diaphragmatic hernia of a newborn male infant, which died shortly after birth. The lobes of the liver were enlarged and occupied whole of the abdominal cavity. The stomach and intestinal loops were herniated into the right pleural cavity and partly into the left pleural cavity. Severe hypoplastic right lung, trilobed left lung and dextrocardia also were observed.