nbme20/Block 2/Question#11
A female newborn delivered at 36 weeks' gestation ...
Incomplete formation of pleuroperitoneal membrane
johnthurtjr
Usually on the left because the liver prevents herniation through the right hemidiaphragm
+1 2019-05-27T02:56:44Z
asdfghjkl
aka congenital diaphragmatic hernia
+ 2019-05-28T13:05:02Z
submitted by monoloco(27), 2019-04-22T02:20:43Z
This is a hypoplasia of the pleuroperitoneal membrane. The guts herniate into the thorax, usually on the left side, and result in hypoplasia of the lungs (because they're horribly compressed).