title: [Right traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: a case report].
abstract: A periodic examination of chest-X-ray films showed abnormal elevation of the right diaphragm in a 39-year-old man, who had a history of right cordal contusion due to fall from a bridge one and a half years ago. The patient had no clinical symptoms after the accident. Chest and abdominal CT scans and barium examinations of gastro-intestinal tract revealed herniation of the omentum, colon and liver into the right thoracic cavity. Under the diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia, the patient underwent an operation through a thoracoabdominal approach showing prolapse of the omentum, colon, gall bladder and a part of liver into the thoracic cavity. Prolapse of a gallbladder is rare. Further examinations are necessary with this lesion in mind when physicians find an abnormal shadow of the diaphragm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Sanatrium Nishigunma Hospital, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography