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Am J Perinatol 1996; 13(4): 241-243
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994372
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© 1996 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Right Diaphragmatic Eventration Simulating a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, James C. Gilbert, Gary E. Hartman, Roma S. Chandra, Billie L. Short
  • Departments of Neonatology, Pediatric Surgery, and Anatomic Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We describe an infant with severe eventration of the right diaphragm and pulmonary hypoplasia who presented like a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic hernia complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension. Surgical correction while on extracorporeal life support was unsuccessful due to attachments of the liver which prevented reduction into the abdominal cavity and our inability to distinguish the true defect from complete agenesis of the right hemidiaphragm. At autopsy the pulmonary remnant and the fibrous membrane separating it from the liver were identified.

Keywords

Right diaphragmatic eventration - congenital diaphragmatic hernia