Spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm.
A 42-year-old man was brought into the Accident and Emergency Department with epigastric discomfort and severe bradycardia. Computerized tomography of the chest revealed spontaneous rupture of the left hemidiaphragm with herniation of small bowel loops.
Gupta
Vibhore
V
Accident and Emergency Department, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. vibhore_gupta@hotmail.com
Singhal
Rishi
R
Ansari
Mohammed Z
MZ
D000328:Adult; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome