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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:1121
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Right diaphragmatic rupture and hepatic hernia: a rare late sequela of thoracic trauma

^a Department of General Thoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
^b Department of Anesthesiology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
^c Department of Radiology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received 1 December 2003; received in revised form 26 January 2004; accepted 4 February 2004.

^* Corresponding author. Address: 70c Bakoyanni str, Vrilissia, GR-15235 Athens, Greece. Tel./fax: +30-1-6081367
e-mail: chrkotoulas@hol.gr

Key Words: Blunt thoracic trauma • Hepatic hernia • Helical CT-scan

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A 20-year-old male presented with partial elevation of the right hemidiaphragm, as an accidental finding in a chest X-ray. His . . . [Full Text of this Article]