Three-dimensional computer images of Morgagni hernia

• Published in: The American journal of surgery Vol. 187; no. 1; pp. 109 - 110
• Main Authors: Yamashita, Kazuki, Tsunoda, Tsukasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2004; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Female; General aspects; Hernia, Diaphragmatic - diagnostic imaging; Hernias; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Medical sciences; Radiography; Hernia; Medicine; Computer; Treatment; Image; Surgery

An emergency laparotomy demonstrated that the distal stomach and the first portion of the duodenum were beyond the liver and had herniated into the right thorax through a 6 cm in diameter diaphragmatic defect, which was the Morgagni foramen behind the right side of the sternum (Fig. 4).