Diaphragmatic Herniation of Ruptured Right Lobe of Liver with Hypertrophied Left Lobe
Journal Title: Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
A 17-year-girl presented with recurrent pain in abdomen of 10-year duration. The pain used to start as dull ache on right side of her abdomen, which gradually would increase over few hours to become moderately severe. This was not associated with nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, respiratory, bowel or urinary symptoms, jaundice or fever. The pain usually lasted for 4-6 hours and subside on its own mostly or at times with oral analgesics. Such episodes became more frequent with increasing severity of pain from last 2 years. She visited many local practitioners for same to no avail. On careful evaluation, she revealed history of significant blunt trauma to abdomen at the age of 5 years due to fall from a swing.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohit Kumar Joshi, Narendra Choudhary, Subodh Kumar, Dinesh Bagaria, Abhinav Kumar, Pratyusha Priyadarshini
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