An 8-year-old NM DMH was presented for evaluation of tachypnea and a cat bite abscess on the forehead. Thoracic auscultation was normal. Thoracic radiographs revealed loss of detail in the diaphragmatic region between heart and liver with the presence of a soft tissue opacity in the mid region in both views.
Pericardial diaphragmatic hernia of liver and falciform fat. Congenital lesion with likely recent clinical signs owing to hernia movement-sliding hernia.
Pericardial diaphragmatic hernia of the liver and falciform fat. Liver touching the heart.
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Peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia, diaphragmatic hernia, neoplasia, granuloma, abscess.
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