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Case Reports
. 2012 Dec;94(6):e137-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.032.

Congenital eventration of hemidiaphragm in an adult

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Congenital eventration of hemidiaphragm in an adult

Cheng Shen et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Congenital diaphragmatic eventration is a common condition in infancy but is a rare anomaly in an adult. The muscle is permanently elevated, but keeps its continuity and attachments to the costal margins, which differentiates diaphragmatic eventration from diaphragmatic hernia. We describe a case of congenital eventration of the left diaphragm in a 35-year-old male who underwent successful surgical repair.

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