This is a report of a 10-day-old term female infant with right diaphragmatic eventration in whom the initial diagnosis was right pleural effusion with probable ipsilateral lung hypoplasia. The diagnostic pitfalls in such a case and suggestions of how to avoid them are discussed.
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