Hepatothorax due to a right diaphragmatic rupture related to duodenal ulcer perforation
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Unusual repair in a rare case of hepatothorax due to right-sided diaphragmatic rupture: case report.
Intra-thoracic herniation of abdominal organs following diaphragmatic rupture represents an unusual clinical occurrence with great diagnostic difficulty. The authors present a case of right diaphragmatic rupture related to peritonitis due to perforated duodenal ulcer in previous (1 year before) thoraco-abdominal trauma with complete intra-thoracic herniation of the liver, gallbladder, ascending...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i39.5649