Disease or Syndrome
diaphragmatic hernia
di·a·phrag·mat·ic her·ni·a
Definitions related to diaphragmatic hernia:
  • A congenital or acquired weakness or opening in the diaphragm which allows abdominal contents to protrude into the chest cavity; congenital diaphragmatic hernias are caused when the embryonic diaphragm fails to fuse.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (hernia, diaphragmatic) Protrusion of abdominal structures into the THORAX as a result of congenital or traumatic defects in the respiratory DIAPHRAGM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Diaphragmatic hernia is protrusion of abdominal contents into the thorax through a defect in the diaphragm. Lung compression may cause persistent pulmonary hypertension. Diagnosis is by chest x-ray. Treatment is surgical repair.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • In 1679, Lazarus Riverius (1589-1655) recorded the first reported case of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH); this was following postmortem examination of a 24-year-old male. The first attempt at surgical repair for congenital diaphragmatic hernia was by Nauman of Sweden in 1888; the 19-year-old patient presented with acute...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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