Crossing the barrier: when the diaphragm is not a limit.

Lidid, Leonardo; Valenzuela, Juan; Villarroel, Carlos; Alegria, Julia · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2013

review · Level V

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to depict the anatomic pathways along which transphrenic spread of diseases and entities can disseminate. The abdomen and thorax form a continuum on which the diaphragm is an important but incomplete barrier to disease migration.

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