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