‘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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Autores principales: Punyadasa, Amila C. A. C. Y., Tee, Augustine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2008
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Case Report
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
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description 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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spelling pubmed-25361812009-03-25 ‘Pseudopneumothorax’—Hold that chest tube! Punyadasa, Amila C. A. C. Y. Tee, Augustine Int J Emerg Med Case Report 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. Springer-Verlag 2008-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2536181/ /pubmed/19384505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0007-5 Text en © Springer-Verlag London Ltd 2008
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‘Pseudopneumothorax’—Hold that chest tube!
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