Delayed Traumatic Diaphragm Hernia after Thoracolumbar Fracture in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
10.3340/jkns.2015.57.2.131
- Author:
Hyoun Ho LEE
1
;
Ikchan JEON
;
Sang Woo KIM
;
Young Jin JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. jicns@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diaphragm hernia;
Ankylosing spondylitis;
Delayed;
Thoracolumbar fracture
- MeSH:
Abdominal Injuries;
Diaphragm*;
Hernia*;
Humans;
Spondylitis, Ankylosing*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2015;57(2):131-134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Traumatic diaphragm hernia can occur in rare cases and generally accompanies thoracic or abdominal injuries. When suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, a small force can develop into vertebral fracture and an adjacent structural injury, and lead to diaphragm hernia without accompanying concomitant thoracoabdominal injury. A high level of suspicion may be a most reliable diagnostic tool in the detection of a diaphragm injury, and we need to keep in mind a possibility in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis and a thoracolumbar fracture, even in the case of minor trauma.
