Right diaphragmatic eventration simulating neonatal pleural effusion: a case report.
This is a report of a 10-day-old term female infant with right diaphragmatic eventration in whom the initial diagnosis was right pleural effusion with probable ipsilateral lung hypoplasia. The diagnostic pitfalls in such a case and suggestions of how to avoid them are discussed.
Falade
A G
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Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*