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Cottage loaf sign - diaphragmatic rupture

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chest pain and breath shortness due to the recent blunt trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

Partial herniation of the liver through the traumatic diaphragmatic defect at the right side resembling the cottage loaf sign.

Author: Silk Tork (2011)

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Case Discussion

Traumatic right sided diaphragmatic rupture with partial herniation of the liver through the diaphragmatic defect, which is called cottage loaf sign.

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