Acquired diaphragmatic hernias are usually posttraumatic in occurrence. In patients who have blunt trauma and associated diaphragmatic hernia, the diagnosis may be missed or delayed, often leading to poor treatment outcomes. We present a rare occurrence of tension viscerothorax due to missed traumatic diaphragmatic rupture in a 25-year-old woman whose condition was complicated by gangrene and p...

Rupture of the diaphragm mostly occurs following major trauma. We report a case of delayed presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia on the left side in a 44-year-old male who presented two weeks after a minor blunt trauma. Left kidney and intestinals coils were found to herniate through the diaphragmatic tear. This case demonstrates the importance of considering the diagnosis in all cases...

A case of massive bilateral diaphragmatic rupture following a low impact motor vehicle accident is described. The patient experienced herniation of intraabdominal contents into the thoracic cavity, but suffered no additional injuries. Few cases of bilateral diaphragmatic rupture have been reported and no cases of acute bilateral rupture have been described as an isolated injury. Diaphragmatic r...

BACKGROUND Diaphragmatic injuries occur in 0.8-8% of patients with blunt trauma. The clinical diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture is difficult and may be overshadowed by associated injuries. Diaphragmatic rupture does not resolve spontaneously and may cause life-threatening complications. The aim of this study was to present radiological findings in patients with diaphragmatic injury. MATERIAL...

Early diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture after traumas may be difficult, and delayed diagnosis may result in increased morbidity and mortality. This paper describes the case of a 32-year-old man who experienced a traffic accident and had diagnosis of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia nearly four months later. The patient was referred to our emergency room suffering from ileus symptoms. Physical ex...

A diaphragmatic injury is usually associated with injury to thoracic or abdominal organs due to blunt or penetrating trauma, and is uncommon after blast injury. We describe a patient with respiratory distress due to herniation of the stomach into the chest through a diaphragmatic injury, sustained 1 year previously when he suffered a blast injury while on deployed military operations, but witho...

Massive left hemothorax following diaphragmatic and splenic rupture with visceral herniation is quite an uncommon life-threatening condition usually associated blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. Mortality generally coexistent vascular injuries that could be rapidly fatal. Timely, proper diagnosis mandatory as survival depends on prompt treatment. We describe a case of massive secondary to injury ru...