LARGE EVENTRATION OF DIAPHRAGM IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT TREATED WITH EMERGENCY PLICATION

Authors
WATANABE S SHIMOKAWA S FUKUEDA M KINJYO T TAIRA A
Citation
S. Watanabe et al., LARGE EVENTRATION OF DIAPHRAGM IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT TREATED WITH EMERGENCY PLICATION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(6), 1998, pp. 1776-1777
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1776 - 1777
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:6<1776:LEODIA>2.0.ZU;2-6
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 diap hragm who required an emergency plication because of acute progressive respiratory distress. The symptom disappeared immediately after opera tion. Even in asymptomatic elderly patients with eventration, close fo llow-up is recommended. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.