Eventration of the diaphragm and associations.
Eventration of the diaphragm, most often an isolated entity and detected incidentally, has been known to be associated with several genetic syndromes. Authors report their experience of seeing diaphragmatic eventration in association with Poland syndrome and wandering spleen syndrome and briefly discuss the literature.
Kulkarni
M L
ML
Department of Pediatrics, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
Sneharoopa
B
B
Vani
H N
HN
Nawaz
Sarfaraz
S
Kannan
B
B
Kulkarni
Preethi M
PM
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed