ICD-11 definition : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is an embryopathy which is defined by the absence
of development of all or part of the diaphragmatic dome that results in the presence
of abdominal viscera in the thorax, whit compression of the homolateral lung and impaired
development of the controlateral lung.;
ICD-11 synonym : Congenital hiatal hernia; Congenital displacement of cardia through oesophageal hiatus;
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is an embryopathy which is defined by the absence
of development of all or part of the diaphragmatic dome that results in the presence
of abdominal viscera in the thorax, whit compression of the homolateral lung and impaired
development of the controlateral lung.