Open AccessSymptomatic Morgagni′s hernia in an elderly patient
Author(s) -
Santosh Rai,
Muralidhar Kamath,
Ashok Shetty,
Sadasivam Suresh,
Arun Kumar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.58654
Subject(s) - medicine , hernia , pylorus , diaphragm (acoustics) , surgery , stomach , general surgery , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Hernia of Morgagni occurs through an anterior defect in the diaphragm. Symptoms of these hernias are attributable to the herniated viscera. In our case, there was partial obstruction due to herniation of the distal stomach and pylorus into the right hemithorax that was reduced surgically through a right thoracolapaorotomy. Of special emphasis are the various modalities used to diagnose this condition in our case.