Abstract

SALINAS CABRERA, Sergio Miguel; VIVES CARMONA, Katia; MORALES FIGUEROA, Karina  and  IBARGOLLIN ULLOA, Rafael. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a boy of 12 years-old. Case report. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.1, pp.106-112. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: The Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with late premiere is a strange congenital anomaly, which is diagnosed before a wide range and diverse grades of symptomatic presentation, or as radiological discoveries, what can take to diagnostic errors and therapeutic failures. Objective: To show a case of late presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia given the importance of having it present for the possible diagnoses to that age. Case presentation: A 12 years-old boy that arrived to guard's body with dysphagia and progressive dyspnea of three days of evolution. He was carried out X rays where he was diagnosed the illness, he was operated and he had a satisfactory evolution. Conclusions: The opportune identification of the affection allowed the success of the treatment and the recovery.

Keywords : Diaphragmatic hernia; congenital abnormalities; surgery; boy.