Diaphragmatic Hernia Masquerading as Pleural Effusion

Rupture of the diaphragm is almost always due to major trauma. We present here an unusual and rare case of late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia after an innocuous injury. The patient was initially misdiagnosed as a left pleural effusion on the basis of chest X-ray and ultrasound findings. Final...

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Autores principales: Nalladaru, Z, Wessels, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027403
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.103116
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description Rupture of the diaphragm is almost always due to major trauma. We present here an unusual and rare case of late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia after an innocuous injury. The patient was initially misdiagnosed as a left pleural effusion on the basis of chest X-ray and ultrasound findings. Finally, the diagnosis was confirmed on computerized scanning.
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spelling pubmed-37620102013-09-11 Diaphragmatic Hernia Masquerading as Pleural Effusion Nalladaru, Z Wessels, A Niger J Surg Case Report Rupture of the diaphragm is almost always due to major trauma. We present here an unusual and rare case of late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia after an innocuous injury. The patient was initially misdiagnosed as a left pleural effusion on the basis of chest X-ray and ultrasound findings. Finally, the diagnosis was confirmed on computerized scanning. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3762010/ /pubmed/24027403 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.103116 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Journal of Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Diaphragmatic Hernia Masquerading as Pleural Effusion
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