Case report: Morgagni hernia
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Frederick B Rogers1, Jill A Rebuck
1University of Vermont, Department of Surgery, 111 Colchester Avenue Fletcher 466, MCHV, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. Frederick.Rogers@vtmednet.org
Hernia : the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery
|January 24, 2006
Abstract:
The case reported here is a 32-year-old man with a sudden onset of chest pain and an acute deterioration of lung function. An incarcerated Morgagni hernia was diagnosed with a computer tomographic CT scan, and repaired electively via a midline laparotomy. Morgagni hernia is a rare type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which may not be symptomatic until adulthood when the patient presents with acute symptoms or incarceration.
