EVENTRATION OF THE DIAPHRAGM, A RISK FACTOR FOR RECURRENT RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION - A CASE REPORT

• Main Authors: Mihaela Ciornei (Author), Elena Hanganu (Author), Diana Ecaterina Popa (Author), T. Stanciu (Author), C. Gheonea (Author), B. Savu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Eventration of the diaphragm, congenital or acquired, represents a rare condition (1 to 10,000 live births), in which the dome of the diaphragm is abnormally elevated, due to an excessive amount of fi bro-elastic diaphragmatic tissue. The child may be asymptomatic or present with respiratory symptom...