Delayed Presentation of Diaphragmatic Rupture due to Penetrating Trauma: Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
CYPRUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.4, ss.154-156, 2019 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.5152/cjms.2019.945
- Dergi Adı: CYPRUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.154-156
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Diaphragmatic rupture, ileus, penetrating trauma
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Although traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures are rare, it is a critical condition that can cause life-threatening complications. Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture may be discovered years after the presentation of the injury, with gastrointestinal or pulmonary symptoms due to a diaphragmatic hernia. Intestinal obstruction due to an isolated diaphragmatic rupture that emerges after a penetrating trauma is highly rare. The present study presents the case of a male patient who underwent laparotomy for intestinal obstruction due to a diaphragmatic hernia caused by a sharp object-induced injury to the thorax 1 year prior to his presentation. We believe that diaphragmatic ruptures are one of the reasons of mechanical intestinal obstruction and that they require urgent surgery.