Diaphragmatic rupture: A frequently missed injury in blunt thoracoabdominal trauma patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 225-230

  Sangster, G ^a   Ventura, V Prieto ^a   Carbo, A ^a   Gates, T ^a   Garayburu, J ^a   D'Agostino, H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Diaphragmatic rupture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; RUPTURE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33846833616     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0548-y     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. Mullinix AJ, Foley WD (2004) Multidetector computed tomography and blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. J Comput Assist Tomogr 28(Suppl 1):S20-S27 (Jul-Aug)
2. Gelman R, Mirvis SE, Gens D (1991) Diaphragmatic rupture due to blunt trauma: sensitivity of plain chest radiographs. AJR Am J Roentgenol 156(1):51-57 (Jan)
3. Gray H (1918) The muscles of the thorax. Anatomy of the human body. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia
4. Gavelli G, Canini R, Bertaccini P, Battista G, Bna C, Fattori R (2002) Traumatic injuries: imaging of thoracic injuries. Eur Radiol 12(6):1273-1294 (Jun)
5. Iochum S, Ludig T, Walter F, Sebbag H, Grosdidier G, Blum AG (2002) Imaging of diaphragmatic injury: a diagnostic challenge? Radiographics 22:S103-S116, discussion S116-S118 (Oct)
6. Kearney PA, Rouhana SW, Burney RE (1989) Blunt rupture of the diaphragm: mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment. Ann Emerg Med 18(12):1326-1330 (Dec)
7. Welsford M (2004) Diaphragmatic injuries. Available at http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic136.htm (Accessed on Nov. 9, 2004)
8. Worthy SA, Kang EY, Hartman TE, Kwong JS, Mayo JR, Muller NL (1995) Diaphragmatic rupture: CT finding in 11 patients. Radiology 194(3):885-888 (Mar)
9. Sawyer M, Sawyer E (2004) Blunt chest trauma. Available at http://www.emedicine.com
10. Murray JG, Caoili E, Gruden JF, Evans SJ, Halvorsen RA Jr, Mackersie RC (1996) Acute rupture of the diaphragm due to blunt trauma: diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 166(5):1035-1039 (May)
11. Mirvis SE (2005) Imagine of acute thoracic injury: the advent of MDCT screening. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 26(5):305-331 (Oct)
12. Marchal G, Volg JJ, Heiken JP (2005) Multidetector-row computed tomography. Scanning and contrast protocols. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 7-8
13. Nchimi A, Szapiro D, Ghaye B, Willems V, Khamis J, Haquet L, Noukoua C, Dondelinger RF (2005) Helical CT of blunt diaphragmatic rupture. AJR Am J Roentgenol 184(1):24-30 (Jan)
14. Killeen KL, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K (1999) Helical CT of diaphragmatic rupture caused by blunt trauma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 173(6):1611-1616 (Dec)
15. Bergin D, Ennis R, Keogh C, Fenlon H, Murray J (2001) The "Dependent Viscera" sign in CT diagnosis of blunt traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. AJR Am J Roentgenol 177:1137-1140 (Nov)
16. Cantwell CP (2006) The dependent viscera sign. Radiology 238(2):752-753 (Feb)
17. Moore CM, Mander BJ, Raja MA (2001) A case of congenital eventration of the diaphragm mimicking traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. Injury 32(6):508-509 (Jul)