Utilidad de la resonancia magnética en el diagnóstico de ruptura diafragmática en 3 casos / Utility of magnetic resonance in the diaphragmatic rupture diagnosis in 3 cases

ABSTRACT

We report three male patients in whom the diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture was raised. Conventional X ray examination showed an unilateral bulging of the diaphragmatic dome in 2 and the association of basal atelectasis in the third. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture in all. The diaphragmatic rupture was repaired surgically in two patients and the other was managed medically