Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report

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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spelling doaj-18d981cc4b414eb99d813ba0c55fb3b72020-11-24T20:58:21ZengElsevierTrauma Case Reports2352-64402017-06-0193033Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case reportHuimin Zhao0Ru Gao1Donghui Jia2Aiming Li3Corresponding author at: Department of Thoracic Surgery, No. 1 Hospital of BaoDing City, Baihua East Road No. 933. Lianchi District, HeBei 071000, China.; Department of Thoracic Surgery, No. 1 Hospital of BaoDing City, ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, No. 1 Hospital of BaoDing City, ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, No. 1 Hospital of BaoDing City, ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, No. 1 Hospital of BaoDing City, ChinaDiaphragmatic 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 necrosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644017300250
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author Huimin Zhao
Ru Gao
Donghui Jia
Aiming Li
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Ru Gao
Donghui Jia
Aiming Li
Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
Trauma Case Reports
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Ru Gao
Donghui Jia
Aiming Li
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title Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
title_short Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
title_full Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
title_fullStr Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: A case report
title_sort delayed traumatic parasternal hernia causes jejunal necrosis: a case report
publisher Elsevier
series Trauma Case Reports
issn 2352-6440
publishDate 2017-06-01
description 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
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