Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Delayed Traumatic Diaphragm Hernia after Thoracolumbar Fracture in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis

  • Lee, Hyoun-Ho (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Jeon, Ikchan (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Sang Woo (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Jung, Young Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • Received : 2014.02.23
  • Accepted : 2014.08.18
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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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.

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