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. 2021 Apr-Jun;25(2):97.

A breathtaking clinical challenge

S Tryfon  1 , E Papadopoulou  1 , C Chatzis  2
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A breathtaking clinical challenge

S Tryfon et al. Hippokratia. 2021 Apr-Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Morgagni hernia; Orthopnea; bilateral hernia; dyspnea.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Chest X-ray depicting an air-fluid level on the left side and a round lesion containing air on the right side.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Drawing on the chest X-ray of the bilateral diaphragmatic hernia’s contents, with the ascending colon and part of the transverse colon protruding into the thoracic cavity on the right side ( solid white arrows), and the stomach on the left side ( semisolid white arrows).
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