Ultrasound evaluation of right diaphragmatic eventration and hernia.

Boaz W KarmazynAndrew J SholdLisa R DelaneyBrandon P BrownMegan B MarineS Gregory JenningsBrian W Gray

Published in: Pediatric radiology (2019)

On US, folding of the free edge of the diaphragm and a narrow angle waist are specific for hernia; a broad angle waist with muscle covering the elevated area is specific for eventration. Definitive differentiation between eventration and hernia may not be possible in about a third of patients.

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