European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 7, 553-554, Copyright © 1993 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Magnetic resonance imaging of blunt traumatic rupture of the right hemidiaphragm
T Dosios, IC Papachristos and H Chrysicopoulos
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center, HYGEIA, Athens, Greece.
A patient suffering from blunt traumatic rupture of the right hemidiaphragm
is presented. Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) suggested the
type of injury, but magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) established
unequivocally the correct preoperative diagnosis.