Author:
Endo Kazuya,Hara Kentaro,Nemoto Koichi,Goto Nozomi,Nishina Kazuhisa,Funatsu Nozomi,Takagi Maki,Ueno Kohdai,Onodera Atsushi,Cho Haruhiko
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Acute diaphragmatic hernia is a life-threatening condition caused by prolapse of an abdominal organ into the thoracic cavity through a defect in the diaphragm. We present herein a case of acquired diaphragmatic hernia following a peritoneal biopsy for gastric cancer dissemination in the diaphragm.
Case presentation
A 72-year-old, female patient presented with a complaint of acute abdomen 10 months after receiving a diagnosis of stage IV gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination based on peritoneal biopsy findings during staging laparoscopy. Computed tomography demonstrated herniation of the small intestine into the thoracic cavity. Emergency surgery was performed, and a full-thickness diaphragmatic defect was found intraoperatively at the same location as the previous, peritoneal biopsy. The incarcerated small intestine was atraumatically repositioned into the abdominal cavity, and the defect was closed laparoscopically using an absorbable barbed suture.
Conclusions
Although complications of staging laparoscopy are extremely rare, excising disseminated nodules from the diaphragm carries the risk of diaphragmatic hernia. For this reason, avoiding excision is desirable unless a diaphragmatic biopsy is needed.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,General Business, Management and Accounting,Materials Science (miscellaneous),Business and International Management