Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia in children: Diagnostic difficulties

Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia is rare in children. Its diagnosis can be difficult in the acute phase of trauma because its signs are not specific, especially in a poly trauma context. We report two cases of traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia following a blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma, highl...

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Autores principales: Ndour, O., Mustapha, H., Ndoye, N. A., Faye Fall, A. L., Ngom, G., Ndoye, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.151004
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description Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia is rare in children. Its diagnosis can be difficult in the acute phase of trauma because its signs are not specific, especially in a poly trauma context. We report two cases of traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia following a blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma, highlighting some difficulties in establishing an early diagnosis and the need for a high index of suspicion.
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spelling pubmed-49554832016-09-01 Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia in children: Diagnostic difficulties Ndour, O. Mustapha, H. Ndoye, N. A. Faye Fall, A. L. Ngom, G. Ndoye, M. Afr J Paediatr Surg Case Report Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia is rare in children. Its diagnosis can be difficult in the acute phase of trauma because its signs are not specific, especially in a poly trauma context. We report two cases of traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia following a blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma, highlighting some difficulties in establishing an early diagnosis and the need for a high index of suspicion. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4955483/ /pubmed/25659563 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.151004 Text en Copyright: © African Journal of Paediatric 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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