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Diaphragmatic Eventration

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Definition: A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a thinned diaphragmatic muscle and injured PHRENIC NERVE, allowing the intra-abdominal viscera to push the diaphragm upward against the LUNG.      Other names Eventration, Diaphragmatic; Diaphragm Eventration; Eventration of Diaphragm
 
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Lowry Maclean syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cleft Palate *Craniosynostoses *Diaphragmatic Eventration *Glaucoma *Growth Disorders *Heart Defects, Congenital *Intellectual Disability *Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

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