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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan 15:2014:bcr2013202440.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202440.

Late presentation of a large Morgagni hernia in an adult

Delia Marinceu  1 , Mahmoud Loubani, Helen O'Grady
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Case Reports

Late presentation of a large Morgagni hernia in an adult

Delia Marinceu et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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.

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Figure 1
Chest X-ray before (A) and after surgery (B).
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Figure 2
CT scan of the thorax. Abdominal viscera present in right hemithorax (A and B).
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