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pleuroperitoneal hiatus (Bochdalek foramen)
An opening through the diaphragm connecting pleural & peritoneal cavities, usually the result of defective development of the pleuroperitoneal membrane in the embryo.
Pathology:
- defect, if extensive - there may be herniation of digestive organs into the pleural cavity.
Related
lumbocostal triangle of diaphragm (vertebrocostal trigone or triangle, Bochdalek gap)
General
foramen
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
Component-of
diaphragm muscle