title: [X-ray diagnosis of chronic traumatic lesions of the diaphragm].
abstract: The authors analyze the clinical and x-ray findings in 24 patients with chronic traumatic injuries of the diaphragm. The clinical findings did not hint at a chronic traumatic injury of the diaphragm. The x-ray method was the principal in the diagnosis of the condition. A correct methodologic approach to the examination of a patient helped detect a chronic injury to the diaphragm virtually in all the cases and the type of the injury could be recognized by routine x-ray methods. Indications for the use of invasive methods of examinations were defined: pneumoperitoneum and bronchography. Computer-aided tomography failed to simplify the diagnosis of the condition in question, and in 10% of cases it was hardly informative. A scheme for staged x-ray examination of the patients has been developed with due consideration for the possible roentgeno-semiotic variants.
authors: N T
authors: NT
authors: Adamov
authors: N I
authors: NI
authors: Afanas'eva
authors: G O
authors: GO
authors: Fedorova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001995:Bronchography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Rentgenodiagnostika khronicheskikh travmaticheskikh povrezhdeniĭ diafragmy.