Delayed posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia: case report and literature review.
The case of a 36-year-old man with an unsuspected delayed posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia is described. This entity often presents with vague clinical symptoms and non-specific radiographic findings long after the initiating trauma has been forgotten. Therefore, the preoperative diagnosis of this entity is notoriously difficult, but failure to make this diagnosis carries a high mortality rate. A high index of suspicion must be maintained.
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Decatur County Memorial Hospital, Radiology Department, Greensburg, IN 47240.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed