Abstract
We describe an unusual case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 6-week-old boy who presented with severe respiratory distress due to torsion of the spleen which had passed up into the chest through a Bochdalek hernia and caused a left hemothorax. Scintigraphy with heat-damaged red cells was diagnostic by showing a damaged but functioning spleen above the diaphragm. Surgical repair and return of the spleen to the abdomen resulted in complete recovery.
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Phillpott, J.W., Cumming, W.A. Torsion of the spleen: An unusual presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Radiol 24, 150–151 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020181
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020181