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Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Abnormalities > Diaphragmatic Eventration
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Digestive System Abnormalities > Diaphragmatic Eventration

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Diaphragmatic Eventration  

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  • Diaphragm Eventration
  • Eventration of Diaphragm

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003965

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