Open AccessBilateral congenital eventration of diaphragm: keep in mind, the other side
Author(s) -
Avadhesh Joshi,
Manish Kumar,
Abhilipsa Acharya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226051
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragmatic breathing , diaphragm (acoustics) , surgery , anatomy , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , acoustics , loudspeaker
Eventration of diaphragm is an uncommon disorder in which diaphragmatic muscle is replaced by fibroelastic tissue, either partially or completely. Bilateral eventration is even rarer. We present a case of bilateral eventration of diaphragm in newborn with a fibroelastic sac on left side and diaphragmatic eventration with good muscular lips on right side. The right-sided diaphragmatic eventration was not evident initially, but manifested after surgical repair of the left-sided eventration.