Omental herniation through the foramen of Morgagni. Diagnosis with chest computed tomography.
The fat accumulation most frequently seen in the peridiaphragmatic areas represents herniations of abdominal fat or epicardial fat pad. We present a patient with a large fatty mass after 10 months of corticosteroid therapy in which computed tomography demonstrated omental vessels, thus proving that it was omental herniation through Morgagni's foramen.
Gossios
K J
KJ
Department of Computed Tomography, General Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
Tatsis
C K
CK
Lykouri
A
A
Constantopoulos
S H
SH
D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed