eventration

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Introduction

Protrusion of omentum & or intestine through an opening in the abdominal wall.

Eventration of the diaphragm refers to an extreme elevation of a hemidiaphragm. The diaphragm is generally atrophic & thin.

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995