Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report

Diaphragmatic injury is a common clinical condition, and it may be difficult to avoid diaphragmatic hernia if detection and treatment is not timely. Parasternal hernia is mostly congenital. It is relatively rare in adults, and intestinal obstruction as a complication of intrathoracic intestinal hern...

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Main Authors: Huimin Zhao, Ru Gao, Donghui Jia, Aiming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Trauma Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644017300250
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Summary:Diaphragmatic injury is a common clinical condition, and it may be difficult to avoid diaphragmatic hernia if detection and treatment is not timely. Parasternal hernia is mostly congenital. It is relatively rare in adults, and intestinal obstruction as a complication of intrathoracic intestinal herniation occurs only rarely. We treated a patient in whom parasternal hernia occurred 2 years after thoracic injuries. We present the plain radiography and computed tomography findings of this adult patient with acute abdomen symptoms caused by parasternal hernia. Keywords: Parasternal hernia, Obstruction, Jejunal necrosis
ISSN:2352-6440