Symptoms may include pain, orthopnea, (shortness of breath when lying flat), and coughing. In people with herniation of abdominal organs, signs of intestinal blockage or sepsis in the abdomen may be present. Bowel sounds may be heard in the chest, and shoulder or epigastric pain may be present. When the injury is not noticed right away, the main symptoms are those that indicate bowel obstruction.
Diaphragmatic rupture
Bochdalek hernia
Flail chest
Hemothorax
Urinothorax
Pulmonary contusion
Hemopneumothorax
Hydropneumothorax