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Eventration of diaphragm with a rare association

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2014
Eventration of the diaphragm is a rare anomaly of unknown origin characterized by a permanent high position of one or rarely both the leaflets of the diaphragm, providing a potential space for the displacement of abdominal viscera on the affected side(s).
Syed Shafiq, B. Ramathilakam
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Eventration of diaphragm presenting as recurrent respiratory tract infections – A case report [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Eventration of the diaphragm (ED) is a relatively rare condition. Eventration of the diaphragm is an abnormal elevation of the dome of diaphragm in which all or part of the diaphragm is largely composed of fibrous tissue.
Patel Ravisagar, Singh Abhinav, R.M. Mathur, Sisodia Anula   +3 more
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Obesity concomitant with eventration of the diaphragm: A case report [PDF]

Opšta Medicina, 2015
Introduction: Eventration of the diaphragm is a disorder in which all or part of the diaphragmatic muscle is replaced by fibroelastic tissue. The incidence of evantration is uncertain, although one paper reports that this entity is detected in 1 per 1400
Yasemin Öztürk Kılıç, Arabacı Melike, Köksal Pınar, Umut Gök Balcı, Mergen Haluk, Öngel Kurtuluş   +5 more
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Is surgical plication necessary in diaphragm eventration?

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2016
Background: Diaphragm plication surgery is conducted to remove dyspnea, which results from mediastinal shift, atelectasia, and ventilation/perfusion dyssynchrony in lungs that occur because of an eventrated diaphragm. This study aims to determine whether
Serdar Özkan, Ülkü Yazici, Ertan Aydin, Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu   +3 more
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Bilateral eventration of the diaphragm: report of a case and reviw of the literature

Acta Pediátrica de México, 2014
Introduction. Diaphragmatic eventration is a congenital malforma- tion which could result in respiratory distress. A chest X-ray, shows an elevated diaphragm. Most case reports present unilateral dia- phragmatic eventration. We report a case of an infant
Gómez Ruiz Alejandro, Medina Vega Francisco Antonio, Tejeda Tapia Hector David   +2 more
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Complete eventration of right hemidiaphragm: A rare presentation

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Eventration of the diaphragm is a term used to describe an abnormal elevation of part or whole of the hemidiaphragm, where the whole or part of the diaphragm is made up of a thin fibro membranous sheet replacing normal diaphragmatic musculature. Complete
Krushna Makwana, Manish Pendse
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A helping clamp for thoracoscopic plication of eventration of the diaphragm

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2011
Background and Aim: It is difficult to suture an extremely thin and billowed up congenital eventration of the diaphragm thoracoscopically, without insufflation.
Reju Joseph Thomas, Ravi Kishore, Sundeep Kisku   +2 more
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Diagnosing Congenital Diaphragmatic Eventration Presenting With Transient Cardiac Dextroposition in an Adult: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Case Rep Pulmonol
Congenital diaphragmatic eventration (CDE) is a rare developmental anomaly characterized by abnormal elevation of an intact hemidiaphragm due to deficient muscular development. Although often asymptomatic in adults, it may present with respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints.
Rafiei Y, Movahedi B, Bayat F, Zohrian F.   +3 more
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Diaphragmatic crural eventration [PDF]

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2008
Aim: We evaluated patients with gastric volvulus secondary to diaphragmatic pathology. Materials and Methods: Eight patients (5 males and 3 females) presented to the author in a tertiary care center during 1997-2006 were analyzed in terms of age, sex,
Sivakumar K
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Mass Encroaching on the Right Atrium: An Unusual Echocardiography Finding. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Right hemidiaphragmatic eventration compressing the right atrium, seen on transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by chest computed tomography, highlighting the importance of differentiating intracardiac masses from extracardiac masses when performing a cardiac echography.
El Chebabi D, Feghali N.
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