title: Congenital eventration of hemidiaphragm in an adult.
abstract: Congenital diaphragmatic eventration is a common condition in infancy but is a rare anomaly in an adult. The muscle is permanently elevated, but keeps its continuity and attachments to the costal margins, which differentiates diaphragmatic eventration from diaphragmatic hernia. We describe a case of congenital eventration of the left diaphragm in a 35-year-old male who underwent successful surgical repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Guowei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed