A case of a diaphragmatic rupture complicated with lacerations of stomach and spleen caused by a violent cough presenting with mediastinal shift.
Journal: 2005/February - Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
ISSN: 0304-4602
PUBMED: 15531963
Abstract:
BACKGROUND
Diapraghmatic rupture is a clinical case that is mostly seen following a blunt thoracoabdominal trauma or is rarely reported as spontaneously induced by various factors.
METHODS
A 28-year-old man presented as an emergency with shortness of breath and severe abdominal pain following a violent cough. His chest radiography and computed tomography demonstrated left diaphragmatic rupture, mediastinal shift and herniation of gastric fundus into the pleural cavity.
METHODS
Left thoracotomy for the replacement of herniated gastric fundus and median laparotomy for the repair of serosal layer of gastric fundus and a diaphragmatic gap were performed.
RESULTS
He made an uneventful recovery.
CONCLUSIONS
Diaphragmatic ruptures may be caused by violent coughing with serious life-threatening complications.
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