Right diaphragmatic eventration associated with intralobar pulmonary sequestration: A case report

A case of right diaphragmatic eventration, associated with a lung sequestra tion, in a 7-month-old infant is presented. Failure to thrive was the initi al symptom. X-ray of the chest, made because of mild respiratory distress, revealed an inhomogeneous opacification of the right lower hemithorax, sugg esting a diaphragmatic hernia. A right thoracotomy was performed and a diap hragmatic eventration covered by a thick pleuroperitoneal membrane was foun d, together with sequestration of the lung. The pathologic findings and the embryology are discussed.