Blunt diaphragmatic injury in a 7-year-old girl.
Blunt diaphragmatic injury is notoriously difficult to diagnose. There is no gold standard for radiologic diagnosis of this disease entity. This article reports a case of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture in a 7-year-old girl whose injury was identified on hospital day 2. The discussion includes a review of the physiology of this injury and the utility of radiologic modalities in making a timely diagnosis.
Adler
David H
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California 94602, USA.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*