Focal eventration of the diaphragm masquerading as intrathoracic mass- "partial volume effect"
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Eventration of the diaphragm.
Eventration of the diaphragm was formerly considered very rare. The condition does not occur as often as hernia of the diaphragm, but thoracic departments come across several cases yearly. Until 1954 more than 300 cases had been published, but only a few operated on (Laxdal, McDougall, and Mellin, 1954). In the Southampton and Portsmouth mass radiography study only 32 cases of eventration were ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.59590