Traumatic intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia diagnosed by echocardiography.
Emergency Department echocardiography revealed an intrapericardial hollow viscus in an 80-year-old auto crash victim. This proved to be stomach herniated through a ruptured diaphragm. Echocardiography and ultrasonography are very valuable diagnostic procedures currently available to the trauma surgeon to rule out diaphragmatic injury early in the trauma room.
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Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture