Diaphragmatic hernia natural history, complications, and prognosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
Natural history, complications and prognosis
Natural history
- 90% of the cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia presents in the neonatal period.
- If left untreated, congenital diaphragmatic hernia can be fatal due to pulmonary hypoplasia and severe pulmonary hypertension.
Complications
GI complications[1]
- Abnormal developmental rotation of the midgut
- Midgut volvulus
- Gastric volvulus
Cardiopulmonary complications[1]
- Pulmonary hypoplasia
- Pulmonary artery hypertension
- In severe cases, ventricular hypoplasia
Prognosis
- The prognosis is mainly dependent on the size of the defect and the degree of the herniation.[2]
- The presence or absence of liver herniation on fetal MRI is the most reliable prediction of the postnatal survival.
- The estimation of fetal lung volume and lung area to head circumference is a useful indicator of the prognosis of the disease in the absence of liver herniation.
- The mortality ranges from 25-60% of the cases.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tovar JA (2012). "Congenital diaphragmatic hernia". Orphanet J Rare Dis. 7: 1. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-7-1. PMC 3261088. PMID 22214468.
- ↑ Chandrasekharan PK, Rawat M, Madappa R, Rothstein DH, Lakshminrusimha S (2017). "Congenital Diaphragmatic hernia - a review". Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 3: 6. doi:10.1186/s40748-017-0045-1. PMC 5356475. PMID 28331629.