Rare right congenital diaphragmatic hernia with ileum and colon herniated into thoracic cavity in an 18-year-old adult

A CT scan confirmed the presence of pleuro-peritoneal hiatus hernia of right diaphragm, showing a local defect of right posterolateral diaphragm with part of small intestine, colon and mesentery herniating into thoracic cavity [Figure 1B and 1C]. According to his symptoms, signs and radiographic outcomes and without explicit trauma history, he was diagnosed as pleuro-peritoneal hiatus hernia (Bochdalek hernia) of right diaphragm, a kind of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). [...]delayed presentation of CDH is rare and here, a rare case of right-sided CDH is presented.