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Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male
Hernia of Morgagni is congenital defects in the diaphragm. They are mostly asymptomatic and present with vague symptoms when they do so. A high index of suspicion is required for timely diagnose of this condition. Here we present the case of a 65-year-old male patient presented to our institute with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28656126 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1278 |
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author | Khan, Hamza A Samad, Adeel Khan, Omar A Chagan, Farida K Khan, Jamal K Fatimi, Saulat H |
author_facet | Khan, Hamza A Samad, Adeel Khan, Omar A Chagan, Farida K Khan, Jamal K Fatimi, Saulat H |
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description | Hernia of Morgagni is congenital defects in the diaphragm. They are mostly asymptomatic and present with vague symptoms when they do so. A high index of suspicion is required for timely diagnose of this condition. Here we present the case of a 65-year-old male patient presented to our institute with constipation for the past six months. Chest radiology raised the suspicion of a hernia which was further confirmed by contrast studies. Laparotomy was done and the hernia sac identified, colon and greater omentum reduced and defect repaired. He was discharged in stable condition and was doing well on follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-54846002017-06-27 Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male Khan, Hamza A Samad, Adeel Khan, Omar A Chagan, Farida K Khan, Jamal K Fatimi, Saulat H Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Hernia of Morgagni is congenital defects in the diaphragm. They are mostly asymptomatic and present with vague symptoms when they do so. A high index of suspicion is required for timely diagnose of this condition. Here we present the case of a 65-year-old male patient presented to our institute with constipation for the past six months. Chest radiology raised the suspicion of a hernia which was further confirmed by contrast studies. Laparotomy was done and the hernia sac identified, colon and greater omentum reduced and defect repaired. He was discharged in stable condition and was doing well on follow-up. Cureus 2017-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5484600/ /pubmed/28656126 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1278 Text en Copyright © 2017, Khan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Khan, Hamza A Samad, Adeel Khan, Omar A Chagan, Farida K Khan, Jamal K Fatimi, Saulat H Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title | Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title_full | Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title_fullStr | Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title_full_unstemmed | Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title_short | Hernia of Morgagni Presenting as Constipation in a 65-Year-Old Male |
title_sort | hernia of morgagni presenting as constipation in a 65-year-old male |
topic | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28656126 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1278 |
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