Congenital Abnormality
diaphragmatic eventration
[ dahy-uh-frag-mat-ik ee-ven-trey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Congenital digestive system anomalies
Definitions related to diaphragmatic eventration:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A congenital failure of muscular development of part or all of one or both hemidiaphragms, resulting in superior displacement of abdominal viscera and altered lung development.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A congenital or acquired abnormality characterized by elevation of the hemidiaphragm.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Abnormal anterior protrusion of a part of the diaphragm which is thin and covers variably displaced abdominal viscera. (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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