| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000283423 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Amorim, Elias1 Pacheco, Jairo de Sousa2 |
| Institutions: | 1Instituto Maranhense de Oncologia Aldenora Bello, Servico de Cirurgia Toracica, Sao Luis, Maranhao. Brasil 2Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Hospital Universitario Presidente Dutra, Sao Luis, Maranhao. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 31 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 398-399 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | The Morgagni hernia is the rarest kind of diaphragmatic hernia , occurring in 3% of all cases. It consists of the protrusion of the abdominal content into the thoracic cavity including omentum and transverse colon, among others. It is more common in the right side and appears more frequently after 40 years of age or after a raise in the intra-abdominal pressure. Patients with Morgagni hernia are usually asymptomatic. In the X-ray it appears like an opaque image in the cardiophrenic angle.Surgical correction is the treatment of choice for this conditions. We present one case of Morgagni hernia successfully treated |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Diagnóstico, Gastroenterología, Hernia de morgagni, Hernia diafragmática, Diagnóstico diferencial |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Gastroenterology, Surgery, Morgagni hernia, Diaphragmatic hernia, Differential diagnosis |
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