Link: Late presentation of a large Morgagni hernia in an adult

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24429051

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jan 15;2014. pii: bcr2013202440. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202440.

Late presentation of a large Morgagni hernia in an adult.

Marinceu D1, Loubani M, O'Grady H.
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Abstract

A 57-year-old man with no medical history and comorbidities presented to the outpatient clinic with a 2-week history of increasing cough and shortness of breath following a recent viral upper respiratory tract infection. Chest X-ray showed increased mediastinal opacity. A CT scan of the thorax was performed which revealed a large right-sided diaphragmatic hernia extending across the mediastinum to the left side of the chest. Repair was performed via combined transthoracic and transabdominal approaches.

PMID: 24429051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]