Mustafa SİLCAN, Hayriye GÖNÜLLÜ, Çağlar ALPTEKİN, İsmet PARLAK

Uncommon presentation of the traumatic diaphragm rupture

ISSN: 1301-0883
Yayın Aralığı: 4
Başlangıç: 1996
Yayıncı: ERBİL KARAMAN

The clinical diagnosis of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is difficult and it may even be more problematic if there are any concurrent injuries. In underdiagnosed patients, the symptoms may emerge in late terms. For an early and definitive diagnosis, the patient should be evaluated with a thoracoabdominal computerized tomography and a chest X-ray. This paper presents the case report of a patient diagnosed with the traumatic rupture of the diaphragm on the 2nd day of trauma although the initial radiographic imaging tests had provided normal findings.

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