Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, a diagnostic dilemma in the presence of eventration: a case report.
Eventration of the diaphragm is the condition where the muscle is permanently elevated, but retains its continuity and attachments to the costal margins. Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is a recognized consequence of high velocity blunt trauma to the abdomen usually a result of motor vehicle accident. Multi-slice CT and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the pre-operative evaluation of trauma patients, diaphragmatic rupture can be still overlooked if not evaluated with the fair degree of clinical suspicion, more so if it is associated with an eventration of diaphragm - as was in our case.
Lone
Reyaz Ahmad
RA
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190011, India. drreyazlone@gmail.com
Sharma
Mukand Lal
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Wani
Mahmood
M
Rather
Shiraz
S
Ahangar
Abdul Gani
AG
Rasool
Fouzia
F
Bhat
Mohd Akbar
MA
Dar
Abdul Majid
AM
Lone
Guhlam Nabi
GN
Singh
Shyam
S
Mir
Ishtiyaq
I
Shah
Shabir
S
Shah
Mubashir
M
Wani
Mohd Lateef
ML