Resumen

GUERRA MACIAS, Ileana; FONG SINOBAS, José  y  CASTILLA CASTELLANOS, Geovanis. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in an adult. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.12, pp.1930-1935. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 48-year-old woman is described, who had left blunt thoracoabdominal injury for 8 months and was admitted to "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" Hospital of Santiago de Cuba to present with abdominal pain in left hypochondrium a month earlier. Imaging tests confirmed a left diaphragmatic hernia with presence of splenic flexure in the left hemithorax. She underwent surgery and was discharged without complications.

Palabras clave : blunt thoracoabdominal injury; diaphragmatic hernia; surgery; secondary health care.

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