The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 39-42, July 2002

Blunt diaphragmatic injury in a 7-year-old girl1

  • David H Adler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: David H. Adler, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA

Received 4 June 2001; received in revised form 3 December 2001; accepted 8 January 2002.

Abstract 

Blunt diaphragmatic injury is notoriously difficult to diagnose. There is no gold standard for radiologic diagnosis of this disease entity. This article reports a case of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture in a 7-year-old girl whose injury was identified on hospital day 2. The discussion includes a review of the physiology of this injury and the utility of radiologic modalities in making a timely diagnosis.

Keywords:  diaphragmatic injury, diaphragmatic rupture, traumatic diaphragm rupture, blunt trauma, pediatric trauma

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  • 1 Clinical Communications (Pediatric) is coordinated by Roger Barkin, MD, of HealthONE, Denver, Colorado, and Ghazala Sharieff, MD, of the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

PII: S0736-4679(02)00459-6

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 39-42, July 2002

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