[Bochdalek hernia: a rare cause of dyspnea and abdominal pain in adults].

We present here a case of a sixty year old man with a symptomatic hernia of Bochdalek. Its diagnostic was long to be established because this type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is rare and mainly occurs in neonates. However when looking at a patient with dyspnea and lasting atypical abdominal pain, such a diagnosis has to be looked for, even if such a clinical entity is extremely rare in adults.

[Lymphangioma of the mesentery--surgical indication].

The discovery of a cystic image in the mesentery is a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problem. We report the case of a 25-year-old female with a mesenteric lymphangioma, which was resected after careful consideration. The complications due to the expansion of this benign tumour are reviewed, and the surgical indications discussed.