Right kidney passing into the intrathoracic space after blunt abdominal trauma

Emerg Med J. 2013 Sep;30(9):711. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202172. Epub 2012 Dec 22.

Authors

Ryota Inokuchi¹, Katsuhiko Hashimoto, Hiroko Kobayashi, Tokiya Ishida, Akinori Matsumoto, Yoshibumi Kumada, Hideyuki Yokoyama, Megumi Okada, Fumihito Ito, Itaru Saito, Kazuaki Shinohara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 23264609
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202172

No abstract available

Keywords: Trauma, abdomen; education, teaching; imaging, CT/MRI; management, emergency department management; management, risk management.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Injuries / complications*
Aged
Diaphragm / injuries*
Fatal Outcome
Hemothorax / etiology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Kidney*
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*