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August 2004
By Theodore E. Keats, MD
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This two-day-old boy is brought to the emergency department
in respiratory distress. What is your interpretation
of his chest film?
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ANSWER
The diagnosis is left diaphragmatic hernia. Multiple
loops of air-filled bowel are evident in the left hemithorax,
with resulting displacement of the mediastinal structures
to the right. This condition is often associated with
hypoplasia of the underlying lung.
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This series of diagnostic quizzes that
challenge your ability to read a variety of x-ray films is
edited by Dr. Keats, alumni professor of radiology at the
University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.
Emerg Med 36(8):45, 2004
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