BACKGROUND Large pleural effusions are usually symptomatic. We report a patient with asymptomatic massive left sided pleural effusion with left lung collapse secondary to a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. CASE PRESENTATION A 44 year old male presented with recurrent pleural effusions over six weeks. His pleural effusion was first diagnosed incidentally on a chest X-ray after a fall. Extensive...

OBJECTIVE To determine the survival rates of dogs and cats that underwent surgical treatment for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia within 24 hours of admission and determine whether timing of surgery affected perioperative survival rate. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 63 dogs and 29 cats treated surgically for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. PROCEDURE Medical records were reviewed to ev...

Focal eventration of the diaphragm with transthoracic kidney is a very rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and often revealed as an incidental finding on imaging studies. We presented a case of previously undiagnosed focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Differentiation of these two conditions is important as ...

Med J Malaysia Vol 66 No 1 March 2011 SUMMARY Focal eventration of the diaphragm with transthoracic kidney is a very rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and often revealed as an incidental finding on imaging studies. We presented a case of previously undiagnosed focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Differenti...

R pulmonary edema (RPE) is a well-defined complication of lung re-expansion in the management of a pneumothorax or large pleural effusion. Repair of a large and longstanding traumatic diaphragmatic hernia may present a very similar physiologic situation. If the hernia is small or is promptly repaired, reduction of abdominal contents should result in lung reexpansion thus improving cardiorespira...