Right-sided posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia presenting as a coin lesion.
An unusual case of right-sided posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia is described. Ten years after closed chest trauma a 51-year-old man presented with a coin lesion at the right lung base. Thoracotomy revealed a rounded ball of liver tissue protruding through a diaphragmatic tear.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*