title: Right diaphragmatic eventration associated with intralobar pulmonary sequestration: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dieltjens
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naulaers
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vandeven
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coosemans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moerman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Devlieger
mesh_terms: D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male