eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine 2327-6657 2014-10-14 2 5 96 98 10.12691/ajmsm-2-5-3 AJMSM2014253 article BA Ojo babarindeo87@gmail.com 1 JA Ngbea 1 H Mohammed 2 BA Ekeh 3 VI Ugwu 4 B Otene 5 J Nyaga 5 EO Umobong 6 P Abayol 7 Department of Histopathology, College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Department of Radilology, College of Health Sciences, Benue State Universiy, Makurdi, Nigeria Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Department of Pathology, National Orthopedic Centre, Enugu, Nigeria Department of Histopathology, Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria Department of Laboratory Medicine, State-House Hospital, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria Faculty of Clinical Science, College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Diaphragmatic hernia in the absence of trauma is very rare in adults. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a major malformation and a relatively common condition found in babies. We present an incidental asymptomatic diaphragmatic hernia found in a middle age man brought for medico-legal autopsy. He was brought in dead with a gunshot wound to the right anterolateral aspect of the neck. With a complex embryological story, congenital abnormalities of the diaphragm are unusual but far more common are the acquired hernia. We discuss the index case and other causes of diaphragmatic hernia. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmsm/2/5/3/ajmsm-2-5-3.pdf autopsy diaphragm hernia incidental