1130 An Obstructed Morgagni Hernia in Adulthood, Could Regular Cocaine Use Have Exacerbated Symptoms?

Operation for repair of obstructed substernocostal (Morgagni) hernia.

A complicated case of large substernocostal hernia in a 67-year-old man is described. A new surgical approach via upper laparotomy which can be extended by a lower median sternotomy, allowing complete access to the hernia was tried successfully and the patient's recovery was uneventful. A hernia occurring through a retrosternal defect first described by Morgagni in 1769 has received many names,...

Hernia of Morgagni.

Morgagni´s hernia containing an appendicular mucocele.

A 61-year-old female patient was admitted in EA presenting with dyspnea and inespecific postprandial complaints. The chest X-ray (Fig. 1) showed abdominal content into the right side of the thorax. A diaphragmatic hernia was suspected and a computed tomography (CT) was performed (Fig. 2). CT showed a Morgagni’s hernia with the small bowel, the right and transverse colon and a tubular structure ...

Hernia of Morgagni--case report.

Morgagni's hernia is result of penetration of the abdominal contents into the chest through an anterior retrocostoxiphoid defect in the anterior midline of the diaphragm. It can be manifested with symptoms since birth as a bloated feeling, nausea and belching after meals. We present a patient with symptomatic herniation of the torqued antral part of stomach and loops of the transverse colon. In...

BRIEF REPORT Unusual Presentation of Morgagni Hernia in an Adult

A 48-year-old female with a history of asthma presented with one-week symptoms of productive cough, shortness of breath and fever. Her chest X-ray revealed dense opacity on the right cardiac silhouette. Despite antibiotics, the mass persisted, and CT of the chest was performed, which was reviewed at the referral center and confirmed a Morgagni hernia.