title: Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture, a diagnostic dilemma in the presence of eventration: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190011, India. drreyazlone@gmail.com
authors.forename: Reyaz Ahmad
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authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: Mukand Lal
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authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Mahmood
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authors.lastname: Wani
authors.forename: Shiraz
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authors.lastname: Rather
authors.forename: Abdul Gani
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authors.lastname: Ahangar
authors.forename: Fouzia
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authors.lastname: Rasool
authors.forename: Mohd Akbar
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authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Abdul Majid
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authors.lastname: Dar
authors.forename: Guhlam Nabi
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authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: Shyam
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authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ishtiyaq
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authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Shabir
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authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Mubashir
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authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Mohd Lateef
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authors.lastname: Wani