Hepatic pulmonary fusion: a rare case

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2010 Jan-Apr;7(1):28-9. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.59357.

Abstract

This paper describes a rare case of a seven-month-old infant with right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia, who was found to have fusion of his herniated part of liver with lower lobe of right lung. The report describes clinical presentation and successful surgical management along with a review of the world literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia, Diaphragmatic / surgery
  • Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Infant
  • Liver / abnormalities*
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / surgery
  • Lung / abnormalities*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / surgery
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome