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Congenital left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia with previously normal chest x-ray

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Three patients who presented with left congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia at the ages of six months, two years and six years and who had a normal chest x-ray earlier in life are reported. In two children the late onset of symptoms and previously normal radiographic appearance might be explained by the spleen acting as a plug in the diaphragmatic defect. A normal chest x-ray in early infancy does not exclude the diagnosis of congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia.

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  1. Douglas H. Cohen (Head)

    Present address: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  2. J. Denby Bowdler (Director)

    Present address: Department of Radiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Martin J. Glasson (Staff Surgeon), William Barter (Radiology Registrar) & J. Denby Bowdler (Director)

  2. Department of Radiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Martin J. Glasson (Staff Surgeon), William Barter (Radiology Registrar) & Douglas H. Cohen (Head)

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Glasson, M.J., Barter, W., Cohen, D.H. et al. Congenital left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia with previously normal chest x-ray. Pediatr Radiol 3, 201–205 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975404

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