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Case Reports
. 2000 Jun;16(3):180-1.
doi: 10.1097/00006565-200006000-00012.

Traumatic avulsion of kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm in a boy

Z Cohen  1 , A Gabriel, S Mizrachi, V Kapuler, A J Mares
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Traumatic avulsion of kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm in a boy

Z Cohen et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2000 Jun.

Abstract

This report presents a case of a teenage patient who survived following severe blunt trauma with complete avulsion of the right kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm. The combination of kidney avulsion into the chest is extremely rare. Only three similar cases have been reported in the English literature to date (1-3).

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