Traumatic intrapericardial diaphragmatic rupture.
A case of traumatic intrapericardial diaphragmatic rupture in a 72-year-old patient is presented. The evaluation and treatment of this lesion and associate pathology in the acute phase is presented, the pathophysiology is commented on, and a thorough review of the literature is presented. To our knowledge, only 29 cases have been previously reported.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000293:injuries*; D012421:Rupture