[Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm report of eleven cases (author's transl)].

This is a report of 11 cases of traumatic rupture of the diaphragm, 8 left, 2 right and 1 bilateral. In 10 cases the rupture occurred in multiple trauma victims of a violent accident. In one exceptional case a right rupture occurred after a minor trauma; it was followed by herniation of the right colon and half of tranverse, the liver remaining in the abdomen.