Citation

Cameron EW, Mirvis SE. J. Emerg. Med. 1996; 14(1): 53-58.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8655938

Abstract

Diaphragmatic injuries may be undiagnosed in the acute posttraumatic period and may remain unrecognized despite a variety of chronic symptoms, until eventual emergency department presentation with an intestinal obstruction. We present a case of a female who experienced chronic chest pain during coitus that eventuated in an acute admission with an intrathoracic mesentero-axial volvulus of the stomach, 8 months after a motor vehicle accident. The literature regarding delayed presentation of a ruptured hemidiaphragm is reviewed.

Language: en