title: Acute blunt traumatic rupture of the diaphragm in a child.
abstract: Diaphragmatic rupture due to blunt trauma is rare in childhood. The possibility of such injury must be borne in mind whenever blunt abdominal and chest trauma is encountered. This paper reports a case of diaphragmatic rupture in a child with multiple injuries sustained in a road accident.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*