Diagnosis of right-sided diaphragmatic rupture by liver-lung scanning.
Rupture of the right hemidiaphragm is uncommon and may be difficult to diagnose because the herniated liver may be mistaken for an elevated intact diaphragm on roentgenograms. Liver-lung scanning has been found useful in the diagnosis of this condition in the latent phase following rupture and this is illustrated by the authors in their report of a 48-year-old man who had a right-sided diaphragmatic injury. The patient was treated successfully by surgical repair of the diaphragmatic tear.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging