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‘Pseudopneumothorax’—Hold that chest tube!
We report a case of herniation of abdominal contents into the left hemithorax in a patient with a history of vague left-sided thoracoabdominal trauma 18 days previous to admission and who also had a recent 1-week history of upper respiratory symptoms, including cough, and then presented with dyspnoe...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2536181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19384505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0007-5 |
| Sumario: | We report a case of herniation of abdominal contents into the left hemithorax in a patient with a history of vague left-sided thoracoabdominal trauma 18 days previous to admission and who also had a recent 1-week history of upper respiratory symptoms, including cough, and then presented with dyspnoea and fever for 3 days. There was no preceding cardiorespiratory pathology of note. We also discuss the epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of blunt-traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. |
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