Spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 2.5 year old girl with metachromatic leukodystrophy presented with acute respiratory distress and was initially wrongly diagnosed with pneumothorax. Barium meal showed bowel loops in the left hemithorax, which prompted surgical intervention; spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm was diagnosed at surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Diaphragm
- Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic
- Respiratory Insufficiency