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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr 17:2013:bcr2013008613.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008613.

Diaphragmatic eventration presenting with sudden dyspnoea

Mehmet Deveer  1 , Halil Beydilli, Nesat Cullu, Ali Kemal Sivrioglu
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Case Reports

Diaphragmatic eventration presenting with sudden dyspnoea

Mehmet Deveer et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
CT scanogram image showing a raised left hemidiaphragm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial CT image showing the stomach and intestinal loops displaced into the left thoracic cavity.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Reformatted CT image confirms diaphragmatic eventration.
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