Surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic eventration in a septugerian lady.
Congenital diaphragmatic eventration in an elderly is a rare anomaly. We describe a case of congenital diaphragmatic eventration causing respiratory insufficiency in a 72 year lady who underwent successful surgical repair.
Srikrishna
M Reddy
MR
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India. srikrishna8@gmail.com
Ravishankar
Nr
N
Raghavan
Jaganathan
J
Natarajan
M Kumar
MK
D000368:Aged; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography