title: [Late presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia].
abstract: Four years old male, who was operated four months ago to present chest injuries caused by a firearm projectile, where injuries in the diaphragm were not observed. Now is admitted because of an intestinal obstruction. By medial laparotomy, a defect of 3 cm in diameter was exposed in the left diaphragm, containing a transverse colonic segment of 5 cm and omentum. The treatment performed is described.
authors.affiliation: Cirujano Pediatra. Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital del Niño Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Leiva Flores
authors.affiliation: Cirujano Pediatra. Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital del Niño Dr. Francisco de Icaza Bustamante. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ramírez Rivera
authors.affiliation: Médica. Universidad Central del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ramírez Rivera
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Child; Delayed diagnosis; Diaphragmatic hernia; Diaphragmatic rupture; Gunshot wounds