Spontaneous diaphragmatic hernia in a 16 year-old female in the absence of trauma

Abstract

Introduction: This case describes an adolescent female who presented with a spontaneously acquired diaphragmatic hernia, a rare occurrence in the absence of trauma. Case Report: A 16 year-old female with history of 31-week prematurity, chronic idiopathic abdominal distention, constipation, and gastro-esophageal reflux disease status post fundoplication, presented to an outside hospital (OSH) with a chief complaint of seizure activity. She had no recent head or body trauma. She received a head and abdominal CT due to chronic abdominal distention in the OSH emergency department (Figure 1), which were both read as normal. She was transferred to the general pediatric …