ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Jesús M. Herreros
Jorge Cato
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fernández-González, A. L.
Right arrow Articles by Longo, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fernández-González, A. L.
Right arrow Articles by Longo, J.

Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:559-561
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Articles

Blunt traumatic rupture of the right hemidiaphragm and Budd-Chiari syndrome

Angel L. Fernández-González, MD*, Rafael Llorens, MD, Jesús M. Herreros, MD, Jorge Cato, MD, Francisco Lecumberri, MD, Jesús Longo, MD

Departments of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Radiology, University Clinic of Navarra School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Accepted for publication November 19, 1993.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Fernández-González, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Clinic of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.

We present 2 cases of delayed diagnosis of rupture of the right hemidiaphragm caused by blunt thoracic trauma, in which herniation of the liver toward the thoracic cavity had occurred. Both patients showed signs of noncardiogenic hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Venous outflow returned to normal an reintroduction of the liver into the abdominal cavity and closure of the defect in the diaphragm. The pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of this problem are discussed.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.