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Diaphragmatic eventration

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Diaphragmatic eventration is the incomplete muscularization of the diaphragm with a thin membranous sheet replacing the diaphragmatic muscle. It frequently occurs in the anteromedial portion of the right hemidiaphragm.

Diaphragmatic hernia

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