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Case Reports
. 2001 Dec;42(6):845-7.

Intraperitoneal air in the diagnosis of blunt diaphragmatic rupture

A Polychronidis  1 , A Bounovas, B Didilis, S Perente, C Simopoulos
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  • PMID: 11698960
Case Reports

Intraperitoneal air in the diagnosis of blunt diaphragmatic rupture

A Polychronidis et al. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2001 Dec.

Abstract

We present here a case of blunt traumatic right hemidiaphragmatic rupture with hepatic hernia that was diagnosed preoperatively on the basis of clinical, chest radiogram, and computed tomography scan suspicions. We proposed that the presence of free intraperitoneal air without guarding or peritoneal signs should be considered to be a clinical indication of hemidiaphragmatic rupture with pneumothorax.

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