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Transthoracic Repair of Asymptomatic Morgagni Hernia in an Adult

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Morgagni hernia represents a rare type of diaphragmatic hernia which usually occurs on the right side, in the anterior mediastinum. Predisposing factors of Morgagni hernia include pregnancy, obesity or other causes of increased intraabdominal pressure, and a history of trauma. Most of adults diagnosed with a foramen of Morgagni are asymptomatic. We report a case of an overweight 23-year-old asymptomatic patient with a Morgagni hernia incidentally diagnosed on chest x-ray. There was a satisfactory result after the repair by a transthoracic approach.

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  1. 401 General Army Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Dimitrios Pousios, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Anastasios Piyis & Stavros Gourgiotis

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Pousios, D., Panagiotopoulos, N., Piyis, A. et al. Transthoracic Repair of Asymptomatic Morgagni Hernia in an Adult. Indian J Surg 74, 431–433 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-011-0304-8

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