A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

Focal eventration of the diaphragm with transthoracic kidney is a very rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and often revealed as an incidental finding on imaging studies. We presented a case of previously undiagnosed focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confu...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Radhiana, Mohd Yusof, Mubarak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Medical Associations 2011
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
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spelling	iium-17902013-06-25T05:14:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1790/ A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia Hassan, Radhiana Mohd Yusof, Mubarak R Medicine (General) Focal eventration of the diaphragm with transthoracic kidney is a very rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and often revealed as an incidental finding on imaging studies. We presented a case of previously undiagnosed focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Differentiation of these two conditions is important as each were managed differently. A traumatic diaphragmatic hernia needs early surgical intervention whereas no treatment was required for focal diaphragmatic eventration in most cases. Diagnostic laparoscopy confirmed the findings in this case and the patient was managed conservatively. Malaysian Medical Associations 2011-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1790/1/2011_mjm_transthoracic_kidney.pdf Hassan, Radhiana and Mohd Yusof, Mubarak (2011) A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 66 (1). pp. 60-61. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2011/v66n1/Transthoracic_kidney.pdf
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) Hassan, Radhiana Mohd Yusof, Mubarak A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
description	Focal eventration of the diaphragm with transthoracic kidney is a very rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and often revealed as an incidental finding on imaging studies. We presented a case of previously undiagnosed focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Differentiation of these two conditions is important as each were managed differently. A traumatic diaphragmatic hernia needs early surgical intervention whereas no treatment was required for focal diaphragmatic eventration in most cases. Diagnostic laparoscopy confirmed the findings in this case and the patient was managed conservatively.
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author	Hassan, Radhiana Mohd Yusof, Mubarak
author_facet	Hassan, Radhiana Mohd Yusof, Mubarak
author_sort	Hassan, Radhiana
title	A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
title_short	A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
title_full	A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
title_fullStr	A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
title_full_unstemmed	A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
title_sort	case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
publisher	Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1790/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1790/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1790/1/2011_mjm_transthoracic_kidney.pdf
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A case of focal eventration of left hemidiaphragm with transthoracic left kidney confused with a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

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