Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia presenting as a chest wall mass.
A patient with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia had his lesion present remotely after thoracoabdominal trauma as an asymptomatic chest wall mass. This is a rare and, perhaps, unique presentation of this entity.
Jones
J C
JC
Thoracic Surgery Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington.
Nyreen
M R
MR
Stowell
V
V
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed