title: Spontaneous rupture of a congenital diaphragmatic eventration in an infant.
abstract: Rupture of the diaphragm may be traumatic or spontaneous. A spontaneous rupture occurring in a congenital eventration of the diaphragm is extremely rare. Only one such case has been reported previously. We report a case of a 5-month-old male infant who presented with acute life-threatening respiratory distress secondary to spontaneous rupture of a congenital diaphragmatic eventration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Soumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Harshjeet Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Sudipta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome