Vaidya, SBiswas, MRai, K2025-10-302025-10-302017https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/2919Vaidya S,1 Biswas M,2 Rai K1 1Department of CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2Department of Thoracic Surgery National Institute of Diseases of Chest Hospital, Dhaka, BangladeshABSTRACT Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm is an uncommon condition. The prevalence of diaphragmatic rupture among blunt trauma victim ranges from 0.8 to 8%. The etiologic factors are blunt trauma (for example, in motor vehicle accidents) and penetrating trauma. The diagnosis is often missed because of non-specific clinical signs, and the absence of additional intra-abdominal and thoracic injuries. We present a case which was misdiagnosed as a case of left sided hemopneumothorax and treated with tube thoracotomy in other center. KEY WORDS Diaphragmatic, Thoracotomy, Traumatic ruptureen-USDiaphragmaticThoracotomyTraumatic ruptureArticle