Diaphragmatic hernia mimicking hydropneumothorax: common error in emergency department
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Chest X-ray findings in late-onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia, a rare emergency easily misdiagnosed as hydropneumothorax: a case report.
INTRODUCTION Late-onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a rare anomaly with misleading symptoms and signs. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 7-year-old Middle Eastern girl who presented with acute nonspecific abdominal symptoms and respiratory distress of 2 days' duration after sustaining a blunt trauma on her left chest wall on a background of chronic ill-defined left chest pain...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008547