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. 2014 Oct;31(4):421-2.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.142098.

Eventration of the right hemidiaphragm with multiple associations: A rare presentation

Ashok Kumar Mehrotra  1 , Khyati Vaishnav  2 , Prahlad Rai Gupta  1 , Trilok Kumar Khublani  1 , Anupam  1 , Shridha Soni  1 , Asif Feroz  1
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Eventration of the right hemidiaphragm with multiple associations: A rare presentation

Ashok Kumar Mehrotra et al. Lung India. 2014 Oct.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Tomogram of the patient, post intercostal chest tube drainage, showing complete expansion of the lung along with raised hemidiaphragm on the right side. The right lower lobe is small in size
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computerizd tomography image at the level of carina (lung window) showing very small-sized lower lobe due to hypoplasia of the lung on the right side
Figure 3
Figure 3
Contrast-enhanced sagittal computerized tomography image showing the deformed liver with hepatic veins joining each other in the liver parenchyma to form an arc-like vessel (arrow)
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