Complete eventration of right hemidiaphragm: A rare presentation

• Main Authors: Krushna Makwana, Manish Pendse
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
• Subjects: Breathlessness; diaphragm; eventration; hemidiaphragm; phrenic nerve; respiratory failure
• Online Access: http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=4;spage=870;epage=872;aulast=Makwana

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 and partial eventration both can occur, however, complete eventration of the right hemidiaphragm in an adult female, as presented in this patient, is rarely seen.