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Cathal O'Brien1, J Craig Jobling1
1Department of Radiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
We present a rare case of bilateral Morgagni hernias in an elderly female patient. She initially presented with coffee-ground vomiting and underwent an OGD from which she was given a diagnosis of oesophagitis. On her second presentation (a year later), CT was performed after OGD to evaluate what was thought to be a complex hiatus hernia causing haematemesis, at which point a diagnosis of bilateral Morgagni hernias was made. Surgical management with laparoscopic mesh repair was performed and she made an uneventful recovery.
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