Spontaneous rupture of the diaphragm
Ali Akbara, Dakshesh H Parikhb, Helen Altonc, Jane R Clarkea, Peter H Wellera, Stuart H Greend
a Paediatric
Respiratory and CF Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust,
Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK, b Paediatric Surgery,
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, c Department of Radiology, Birmingham Children's
Hospital NHS Trust, d Paediatric
Neurology, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust
Correspondence to: Dr Akbar
Accepted 30 June 1999
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.
Keywords: ruptured diaphragm; pneumothorax; diaphragmatic hernia; metachromatic leukodystrophy
© 1999 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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