Traumatic avulsion of kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm in a boy.
This report presents a case of a teenage patient who survived following severe blunt trauma with complete avulsion of the right kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm. The combination of kidney avulsion into the chest is extremely rare. Only three similar cases have been reported in the English literature to date (1-3).
Cohen
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Gabriel
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Mizrachi
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Kapuler
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Mares
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000383:Agriculture; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries