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Large eventration of diaphragm in an elderly patient treated with emergency plication
S Watanabe1, S Shimokawa, M Fukueda
1Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Sakuragaoka, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 1, 1998
Abstract:
Total eventration of the hemidiaphragm is a rare condition in adults. We report a 75-year-old woman with large eventration of the right diaphragm who required an emergency plication because of acute progressive respiratory distress. The symptom disappeared immediately after operation. Even in asymptomatic elderly patients with eventration, close follow-up is recommended.