congenital diaphragmatic hernia

congenital diaphragmatic hernia
congenital protrusion of abdominal viscera into the thorax through an opening in the diaphragm resulting from defective development of the pleuroperitoneal membrane; it often leads to fatal pulmonary hypoplasia. The most common types are Bochdalek hernia and Morgagni hernia.

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