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Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
versão impressa ISSN 0121-0807versão On-line ISSN 2145-8464
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MANTILLA, Julio César; MELO, Mario Alexander e VARGAS, Lorena María. Right congenital diaphragmatic hernia at the Hospital Universitario de Santander. Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud [online]. 2010, vol.42, n.2, pp.133-138. ISSN 0121-0807.
Introduction: The congenital diaphragmatic hernia of the right side is the least common type of the congenital diaphragmatic defects which allows the passage of abdominal contents to the thoracic cavity, causing serious disorders on lung development. Objective: To describe the pathological features found in perinatal autopsy of a patient with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia of the right side at the Hospital Universitario de Santander. Case report: 35 weeks gestation neonate with prenatal diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, who died due to acute respiratory failure. In the autopsy be found a severe pulmonary hypoplasia and in the microscopic examination, the pulmonary alveoli collapsed. Conclusion: The congenital diaphragmatic hernia of the right side is associated with high neonatal mortality and the findings in this case are correlated with severe pulmonary structural defects that are described in other cases reported in the literature. Salud UIS 2010; 42: 133-138.
Palavras-chave : Hernia; diaphragmatic; respiratory system abnormalities; autopsy.