Boran, Mertay Çankırı State Hospital - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Turkey , Boran, Ertay İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital - Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Turkey , Üstek, Sevim Çankırı State Hospital - Department of General Surgery, Turkey

Difficulties in evaluation of late presenting blunt diaphragmatic rupture: A case report

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Blunt diaphragmatic rupture is difficult to diagnose in the absence of visceral injury or herniation. Diagnosis may be delayed as long as several days and even years. Because of late presentation, trauma can be forgotten and diaphragmatic injury can be omitted. Here, we report a case of diaphragmatic rupture diagnosed 7 months after the blunt trauma in a patient with chest pain complaint. Patient was managed with a thoracotomy and defect was closed primarily. The diagnosis of late diaphragmatic rupture should always be remembered in any patient with blunt trauma history.

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Hernia , diaphragma , trauma , thoracic injuries

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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