Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Diaphragm of eventration is a defect of whole or a part of diaphragm muscle and replacing it with fibroplastic tissue. The incidence of eventration is uncertain. The article aims to report a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic eventration.
The case is a dysmorphic male premature newborn which born at 33 gestational age. Due to sever respiratory distress the patient admitted immediately in NICU and underwent associated ventilation. Despite thoracotomy and also exploratory surgery, he died after thirty days.
We as health care givers have responsibility to inform people about prevention of genetic abnormalities and importance of genetic consoling before decision for having a child.
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