Saâd Rifki Jai, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Ahmed Hizaz, Farid Chehab, Driss Khaiz, Abdelmajid Bouzidi
INTRODUCTION: Diaphragmatic hernia during pregnancy is uncommon and is usually traumatic in origin, epigastric pain, and vomiting could be the initial symptoms of herniation of gastrointestinal contents, with a risk of strangulation and ischaemia, leading to respiratory distress due to collapse of the lung. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 27-year-old woman, with undiagnosed traumatic diaphragmatic hernia who presented, at 32 weeks' gestation, epigastric pain, vomiting and tachycardia, immediate post-partum course was complicated by respiratory failure...
September 2007: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics