This patient presented following a high-speed motor vehicle crash. Which structure has been disrupted?
Aorta
Diaphragm
Esophagus
Myocardium
Answer B. DiaphragmThe elevated right hemidiaphragm suggests traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. The other listed structures appear to be intact. A computed tomographic scan confirmed the diaphragmatic rupture and showed that the dome of the liver had herniated into the right hemithorax.
Respiratory