Abstract

LOPEZ LAO, Fidel. Presentation of a Patient with Diaphragmatic Eventration. CCM [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp. 557-563. ISSN 1560-4381.

The diaphragmatic eventration is a rare congenital anomaly of the diaphragm due to a deficient embryogenesis of the diaphragm, with atrophy of muscular fibers, conjunctive transformation and loss of the muscular tone. A 45- year-old male patient with history of asthma who came to Surgery Consultation of Salvador Allende Health Center, Caracas, in September 2011, with episodes of dyspnea and thoracic pain that was increasing with physical exercise. The examination revealed hydroaerial noises to the left hemithorax and radiographic exams were done, the diaphragmatic eventration diagnosis of big proportions was revealed. The surgical treatment was determined by diaphragmatic plication with excellent results

Keywords : diaphragmatic eventration; respiratory distress; diaphragmatic plication.

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