Diseases

Diaphragmatic Eventration

A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a thinned diaphragmatic muscle and injured PHRENIC NERVE, allowing the intra-abdominal viscera to push the diaphragm upward against the LUNG.

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Abstract

A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a thinned diaphragmatic muscle and injured PHRENIC NERVE, allowing the intra-abdominal viscera to push the diaphragm upward against the LUNG.

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3 entry terms
  • Eventration of Diaphragm
  • Diaphragm Eventration
  • Eventration, Diaphragmatic

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C06w.198.257
  2. C16w.131w.314.244

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WF 800

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diaphragmatic Eventration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003965
  2. Diaphragmatic Eventration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18553872