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Publish Date : 2016-09-06
Journal of Pediatrics and Palliative Care

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Pulmonary Vein Obstruction

Tine François
François Tine1,*, Decaluwe Wim2, Gewillig Marc3, Decaluwé Herbert4, Debeer Anne1
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Affiliation

  • 1Department of Neonatology, UZ Leuven, Belgium
  • 2Department of Neonatology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Brugge, Belgium
  • 3Division Pediatric Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium
  • 4Division Thoracic Surgery, UZ Leuven, Belgium

Corresponding Author

Tine François, Department of Neonatology, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, E-mail: tine.francois@student.kuleuven.be

Citation

François, T., et al. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Pulmonary Vein Obstruction. (2016) J Palliat Care Pediatr 1(1): 13- 17.

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© 2016 François, T. This is an Open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Abstract

 

  Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn is a common complication of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).This research describes two cases of right-sided CDH (R-CDH) with a sudden late onset of rapidly progressing and eventually fatal pulmonary vein obstruction. The pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PHT) in CDH and PHT in addition to pulmonary vein stenosis, and the possible differences between R-CDH and left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (L-CDH) are examined and correlated to the presented case histories.