title: Large eventration of diaphragm in an elderly patient treated with emergency plication.
abstract: Total eventration of the hemidiaphragm is a rare condition in adults. We report a 75-year-old woman with large eventration of the right diaphragm who required an emergency plication because of acute progressive respiratory distress. The symptom disappeared immediately after operation. Even in asymptomatic elderly patients with eventration, close follow-up is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Sakuragaoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinjyo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed