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Tsutomu Matsushita1, Peng W Seah, Jonathon Gani
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Lookout Road, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
Abstract:
A 57-year-old man presented with worsening symptoms of shortness of breath and chest pain. He was found to have a giant Morgagni hernia with severe compression of his right ventricle on computed tomography scan. The hernia which contained greater omentum, small intestine and transverse colon was urgently repaired through a median sternotomy and laparotomy with a polypropylene mesh. Morgagni hernia is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which may not be symptomatic until adulthood. Presentation with this degree of right ventricular compression is rare.
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