Diaphragmatic Eventration

"Diaphragmatic Eventration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

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.

Descriptor ID	D003965
MeSH Number(s)	C06.198.257 C16.131.314.244
Concept/Terms	Diaphragmatic Eventration Diaphragmatic Eventration Eventration, Diaphragmatic Eventration of Diaphragm Diaphragm Eventration

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diaphragmatic Eventration".

Diseases [C]
Digestive System Diseases [C06]
Digestive System Abnormalities [C06.198]
Diaphragmatic Eventration [C06.198.257]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Digestive System Abnormalities [C16.131.314]
Diaphragmatic Eventration [C16.131.314.244]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Diaphragmatic Eventration".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diaphragmatic Eventration".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diaphragmatic Eventration" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diaphragmatic Eventration" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.