PARTIAL EVENTRATION OF THE RIGHT DIAPHRAGM (CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIATION OF THE LIVER)
Authors: A VOGL, A SMALL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 July 1955PARTIAL EVENTRATION OF THE RIGHT DIAPHRAGM (CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIATION OF THE LIVER)ALFRED VOGL, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALLAN SMALL, M.D.ALFRED VOGL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ALLAN SMALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-1-61 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTotal eventration of one hemidiaphragm (relaxatio diaphragmatica), more often seen on the left side, is a well known congenital anomaly.4, 19, 34The occurrence of apartialeventration of the diaphragm, however, has attracted less attention, at least in the American literature.5, 15, 20, 33This condition, nevertheless is of interest in several respects: (a) It is not at all a rarity. 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