Audio Qbank – Q67 – A neonate is in respiratory distress

 

A male neonate born at 39 weeks gestation is in respiratory distress. Bowel sounds are auscultated in the left hemithorax. Improper development of which of the following is most likely to have occurred in this patient?

  Diaphragmatic crus
  Lesser sac

  Pleuropericardial folds
  Pleuroperitoneal membranes
  Subphrenic pouch

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