title: Delayed enterothorax and hepatothorax due to missed right-sided traumatic diaphragmatic rupture.
abstract: Traumatic diaphragma ruptures (DRs) are an unusual condition after blunt thoracoabdominal trauma, and there are some difficulties in the diagnosis, in the absence of the additional life-threatening injuries. Right-sided injuries are less frequent than left-sided injuries and may be missed easily. Intrathoracic herniation of abdominal organs is an uncommon condition for right-sided DR. Particularly, to our knowledge, progressive hepatothorax and enterothorax that develop over years are a very rare presentation of DR. Herein, we present a case of progressive thoracic herniation of the abdominal organs, diagnosed 22 years after the initial trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey. draliguner@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guner
authors.forename: Yildiray
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bekar
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kece
authors.forename: Izzettin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*