Pericardio–diaphragmatic rupture is an uncommon problem that poses a diagnostic challenge to surgeons. This article reports an unusual case of traumatic pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture in a 36-year-old male who has no additional intraabdominal visceral injury or thoracic pathology. There was a 7 cm lateral tear on the left dome of the diaphragm and a 2 cm medial tear, also involving pericardio-diaphragmatic junction, with the heart uninjured. The partially herniated stomach was easily pulled out from the thorax cavity through the diaphragmatic rupture. The rupture was reparied by interrupted non-absorbable sutures. The patient had no complaints on his follow up. Key words: Trauma, Pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture
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Meyers BF, McCabe CJ. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: occult marker of serious injury. Ann Surg 1993;218:783– 90
Mihos P, Potaris K, Gakidis J et al. Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm: experience with 65 patients. Injury 2003; 34:169-72
Sharma OP. Pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture: five new cases and literature review. J Emerg Med 1999;17:963-8
McCune RP, Roda CP, Eckert C. Rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt injury. J Trauma 1976;16:531–7
Galindo Gallego M, Lopez-Cambra MJ, Fernandez-Acenero MJ et al. Traumatic rupture of the pericardium. Case report and literature review. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1996;37:187-91
Haciibrahimoglu G, Solak O, Olcmen A, Bedirhan MA, Solmazer N, Gurses A. Management of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. Surg Today 2004;34:111-4
Athanassiadi K, Kalavrouziotis G, Athanassiou M et al. Blunt diaphragmatic rupture. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999; 15: 469-74
Esme, H., Yürümez, Y., Şahin, D. A., San, O. (2005). TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE. European Journal of General Medicine, 2(3), 132-134.
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Esme H, Yürümez Y, Şahin DA, San O. TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE. European Journal of General Medicine. September 2005;2(3):132-134.
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Esme, Hıdır, Yusuf Yürümez, Dursun Ali Şahin, and Osman San. “TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE”. European Journal of General Medicine 2, no. 3 (September 2005): 132-34.
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Esme H, Yürümez Y, Şahin DA, San O (September 1, 2005) TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE. European Journal of General Medicine 2 3 132–134.
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H. Esme, Y. Yürümez, D. A. Şahin, and O. San, “TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE”, European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 132–134, 2005.
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Esme H, Yürümez Y, Şahin DA, San O. TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE. European Journal of General Medicine. 2005;2:132–134.
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Esme, Hıdır et al. “TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE”. European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 2, no. 3, 2005, pp. 132-4.
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Esme H, Yürümez Y, Şahin DA, San O. TRAUMATIC ISOLATED PERICARDIO-DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE. European Journal of General Medicine. 2005;2(3):132-4.