Traumatic avulsion of kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm in a boy

This report presents a case of a teenage patient who survived following severe blunt trauma with complete avulsion of the right kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm. The combination of kidney avulsion into the chest is extremely rare. Only three similar cases have been reported in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric emergency care 2000-06, Vol.16 (3), p.180-181
Hauptverfasser:	COHEN, ZAHAVI, GABRIEL, AHARON, MIZRACHI, SOLI, KAPULER, VADIM, MARES, ABRAHAM J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Injuries - complications Abdominal Injuries - diagnostic imaging Accidents Adolescent Agriculture Biological and medical sciences Diaphragm - injuries Hemothorax - diagnostic imaging Hemothorax - etiology Humans Injuries of the thorax. Foreign bodies. Diseases due to physical agents Kidney - injuries Male Medical sciences Rupture - complications Tomography, X-Ray Computed Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Vena Cava, Inferior - injuries
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Zusammenfassung:	This report presents a case of a teenage patient who survived following severe blunt trauma with complete avulsion of the right kidney into the chest through a ruptured diaphragm. The combination of kidney avulsion into the chest is extremely rare. Only three similar cases have been reported in the English literature to date (1-3).
ISSN:	0749-5161 1535-1815
DOI:	10.1097/00006565-200006000-00012