Open AccessAn unusual abdominal pain in the emergency department: a delayed presentation of diaphragmatic injury
Author(s) -
Ciro Paolillo,
Valentina Siragusa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2016.5892
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , diaphragmatic breathing , presentation (obstetrics) , abdominal pain , abdominal trauma , surgery , anesthesia , general surgery , blunt , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology
We present a case of delayed traumatic diaphragma rupture. The patient complained of a vague abdominal pain and left shoulder pain. Only the relevance of a remote trauma aroused the suspicion