title: Porous diaphragm syndromes.
abstract: Porous diaphragm syndromes are a group of seemingly disparate clinical symptom complexes involving a wide variety of unrelated medical specialties. However, they are linked by a common anatomical feature, a defect in the diaphragm. They usually present with thoracic symptomatology--pleural effusions, pneumothorax, hemothorax, empyema--mediated by this defect. Management of these syndromes utilizes principles of thoracic surgical practice including thoracotomy and thoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kirschner
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities; D004715:Endometriosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D008539:Meigs Syndrome; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010995:Pleural Diseases; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum; D013577:Syndrome