K44
Diaphragmatic hernia
Clinical Information
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A congenital or acquired weakness or opening in the diaphragm which allows abdominal contents to protrude into the chest cavity; congenital diaphragmatic hernias are caused when the embryonic diaphragm fails to fuse.
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A hiatal hernia in which the stomach herniation is located alongside the esophagus and the esophagogastric junction is in its normal position below the diaphragm.
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Protrusion of abdominal structures into the thorax as a result of congenital or traumatic defects in the respiratory diaphragm.
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The most common kind of hiatal hernia in which the esophagogastric junction slides above the diaphragm into the thorax.
Details
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congenital hiatus hernia (Q40.1)