Citation

Rishi MT, Rishi A, Palesty A. Updates Surg. 2016; 68(4): 419-420.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s13304-016-0377-9

PMID

27263101

Abstract

Penetrating trauma to the abdomen can be a potential diagnostic dilemma for the trauma surgeon, and a formal exploratory laparotomy may result in the detection of occult injuries. We report a very unusual case of penetrating trauma to the abdomen resulting in pericardio-diagphragmatic rupture. We have also highlighted the technical aspects of clinical care in this specific scenario.

Language: en