title: Late Onset Traumatic Diaphragmatic Herniation Leading to Intestinal Obstruction and Pancreatitis: Two Separate Cases.
abstract: Although diaphragmatic injuries caused by blunt or penetrating trauma are rare entities, they are the most commonly misdiagnosed injuries in trauma patients and occur in approximately 3-7% of all abdominal or thoracic traumas. Acute pancreatitis secondary to late presenting diaphragmatic hernia is very rare. Here we present two separate cases: one with acute bowel obstruction and the other with acute pancreatitis secondary to late onset traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (three and twenty-eight years after chest trauma, resp.).
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Anafartalar Mah, Talatpasa Boulevard No. 5, Genel Cerrahi AD, 2. Kat B216, Altındağ, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dinc
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Anafartalar Mah, Talatpasa Boulevard No. 5, Genel Cerrahi AD, 2. Kat B216, Altındağ, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selami Ilgaz
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kayilioglu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Anafartalar Mah, Talatpasa Boulevard No. 5, Genel Cerrahi AD, 2. Kat B216, Altındağ, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coskun