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

AJR Am J Roentgenol

Department of Radiology, Universidad de Chile, Campus Occidente, Facultad de medicine, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Avenida Portales 3239, Santiago, Chile.

Published: January 2013

Objective: The purpose of this article is to depict the anatomic pathways along which transphrenic spread of diseases and entities can disseminate.

Conclusion: The abdomen and thorax form a continuum on which the diaphragm is an important but incomplete barrier to disease migration.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.11.8264DOI Listing

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