A pathomorphological report on traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a mongrel pup

Abstract

Diaphragmatic hernia is a condition frequently met with dogs, especially during road traffic accidents. It results in severe changes in abdominal and thoracic pressures. Rupture of the diaphragm and the resultant herniation of abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity ultimately leading to entrapment of abdominal organs and respiratory compromise. The focus of this report is to describe in detail the gross pathological findings of diaphragmatic hernia due to trauma in 7 months old mongrel pup with a history of sudden collapse after being met with a road traffic accident. This case report aims at providing knowledge in easy recognition of the gross pathoanatomical morphological lesions visually associated with a diaphragmatic hernia and in differentiating from eventration.