Table 2.
Case No. | Age (years) | Sex | Mode of injury | Side of rupture | CT findings | |||||
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Diaphragm discontinuity/defect | Collar sign | Thickened diaphragm | Visceral herniation | Dependent viscera sign | Others | |||||
1 | 40 | Male | RSA | Left | + | + | − | Present (stomach and omentum) | + | B/L hemothorax, # Rt. ribs |
2 | 8 | Male | History of fall into a pond | Left | + | + | − | Present (stomach and gut loops) | − | – |
3 | 18 | Male | RSA | Left | + | + | − | Present (stomach and colon) | + | Left hemothorax, hemoperitoneum |
4 | 48 | Male | RSA | Right | − | − | + | – | − | B/L hemothorax |
5 | 20 | Male | RSA | Left | + | + | + | Present (stomach and colon) | − | Left hemothorax |
6 | 25 | Male | RSA | Right | + | − | + | Present (liver) | − | B/L hemothorax, Hemoperitoneum, # Rt. ribs |
7 | 35 | Male | RSA | Right | − | − | + | – | − | Right hemothorax, hemoperitoneum # Rt. ribs |
8 | 18 | Male | RSA | Right | − | − | + | – | − | right hemothorax, hemoperitoneum # Rt. ribs |
9 | 20 | Male | RSA | Right | − | − | + | – | − | – |
10 | 31 | Male | History of assault (2 years back) | Left | + | + | − | Present (splenic flexure, stomach, and omentum) | + | Left hemothorax # Lt. ribs |
11 | 45 | Male | RSA | Left | − | − | − | – | − | Left hemothorax# Lt. ribs |
12 | 50 | Female | RSA | Left | + | − | − | Stomach and bowel loops | + | Right hemothorax |
13 | 55 | Male | History of fall of a heavy object | Right | + | + | + | Liver, gall bladder, and gut loops | + | B/L hemothorax # Rt. ribs |
14 | 25 | Male | RTA | Left | + | − | − | Stomach and colon | − | B/L hemothorax |
15 | 45 | Male | RTA (SWI)* | Right | + | − | + | – | − | – |
16 | 40 | Male | Fall of the wall | Left | + | − | − | Stomach and colon | + | – |
17 | 36 | Male | Hit by the stick | Right | − | − | + | − | − | – |
18 | 28 | Male | RTA | Left | + | + | − | Stomach and colon | + | – |
19 | 60 | Male | RTA | Left | + | + | + | Stomach and colon | + | Left hydropneumothorax |
*SWI, steer wheel injury; RTA, road traffic accident; RSA, road side accident