BOCHDALEK HERNIA IN ADULTHOOD - A REVIEW AND AN AUTOPSY CASE-REPORT

SALACIN S., ALPER B., CEKIN N., GULMEN M. K.

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, vol.39, no.4, pp.1112-1116, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1112-1116
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Bochdalek hernia is rare in adulthood with fewer than 100 cases having been reported in the world literature. We present a delayed case of Bochdalek hernia in an adult leading to sudden death, first diagnosed at medicolegal autopsy.