“NOT AT HOME” !!!

Abstract

A Bochdalek hernia is a posterior congenital defect of the diaphragm, usually on the left hemidiaphragm, caused by a lack of closure of the pleuroperitoneal canal between the eighth and tenth week of foetal life during the embryonic development. It typically presents in the neonatal period with severe respiratory failure. Incidental diagnosis in an asymptomatic patient presenting in adult life is rare. We report a case of an asymptomatic eighteen year old male who was incidentally discovered to have congenital diaphragmatic hernia when he was operated for testicular torsion on an emergency basis.