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Table 1 Type of visceral herniation

From: A review on delayed presentation of diaphragmatic rupture

Sac Contents

No of cases

References

Strangulated Transverse Colon

1

[13]

Perforated Transverse Colon

3

[16, 19, 21]

Splenic flexure

2

[12, 18]

Splenic flexure cancer

1

[4]

Intrathoracic Splenosis

2

[8, 35]

Spleen

2

[12, 22]

Right hepatic lobe

6

[2, 7, 15, 31–33]

Small Bowel

1

[31]

Stomach/Perforated gastric ulcer

6

[8, 12, 17, 26, 29, 30]

Intra-thoracic gastric volvulus

2

[36, 37]

Kidney, Ureter and Renal Vein

1

[7]

Part of Ascending and Transverse Colon

1

[7]

Gall Bladder

1

[7]

Omentum/Mesentery

2

[20, 34]