Imaging of diaphragmatic injury: a diagnostic challenge?

S Iochum, T Ludig, F Walter, H Sebbag, G Grosdidier… - Radiographics, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
Diaphragmatic injuries occur in 0.8%–8% of patients after blunt trauma. Although the
diagnosis may be obvious at standard chest radiography or computed tomography (CT) in …

CT of blunt diaphragmatic rupture

A Desir, B Ghaye - Radiographics, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
The diagnosis of blunt diaphragmatic rupture (BDR) is difficult and often missed, leaving
many patients with this traumatic injury at risk for life-threatening complications. The …

Prevalence of incidental Bochdalek's hernia in a large adult population

ME Mullins, J Stein, SS Saini… - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics
of adult Bochdalek's hernia in a large patient population. MATERIALS AND METHODS. We …

Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm: experience with 65 patients

P Mihos, K Potaris, J Gakidis, J Paraskevopoulos… - Injury, 2003 - Elsevier
Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is reported with increasing frequency and is associated
with high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to present our experience …

The “dependent viscera” sign in CT diagnosis of blunt traumatic diaphragmatic rupture

D Bergin, R Ennis, C Keogh… - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to describe the “dependent viscera” sign and
determine its usefulness at CT in the diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture after blunt …

Helical CT of blunt diaphragmatic rupture

A Nchimi, D Szapiro, B Ghaye… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This study evaluated CT findings for signs of blunt diaphragmatic rupture.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. CT examinations of 179 blunt trauma patients, including 11 …

[HTML][HTML] Diaphragm and transdiaphragmatic injuries

J Furák, K Athanassiadi - Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (TDR) is around 0.5% of all trauma
patients, located more frequently on the left side (80%), with penetrating trauma being more …

Imaging of diaphragmatic injuries

K Shanmuganathan, K Killeen, SE Mirvis… - Journal of thoracic …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Multiple imaging modalities are available for the preoperative diagnosis of diaphragmatic
injury. Chest radiographs are the initial and most commonly performed imaging study to …

Imaging of diaphragm injuries

CW Sliker - Radiologic Clinics, 2006 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Diaphragm injury may result from blunt and penetrating trauma. Blunt diaphragm rupture
(BDR) is an uncommon injury with an overall reported incidence of 0.16% to 5%[1–4] in …

Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: look to see

K Turhan, O Makay, A Cakan… - European journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (TDR) is a rare but potentially life threatening
clinical entity with a high incidence of associated injuries. In this article, our experience with …