Right diaphragmatic eventration associated with intralobar pulmonary sequestration: a case report.
A case of right diaphragmatic eventration, associated with a lung sequestration, in a 7-month-old infant is presented. Failure to thrive was the initial symptom. X-ray of the chest, made because of mild respiratory distress, revealed an inhomogeneous opacification of the right lower hemithorax, suggesting a diaphragmatic hernia. A right thoracotomy was performed and a diaphragmatic eventration covered by a thick pleuroperitoneal membrane was found, together with sequestration of the lung. The pathologic findings and the embryology are discussed.
Dieltjens
A
A
Department of Paediatrics, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Naulaers
G
G
Vandeven
K
K
Coosemans
W
W
Moerman
P
P
Devlieger
H
H
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male