title: Case report: Morgagni hernia.
abstract: The case reported here is a 32-year-old man with a sudden onset of chest pain and an acute deterioration of lung function. An incarcerated Morgagni hernia was diagnosed with a computer tomographic CT scan, and repaired electively via a midline laparotomy. Morgagni hernia is a rare type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which may not be symptomatic until adulthood when the patient presents with acute symptoms or incarceration.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont, Department of Surgery, 111 Colchester Avenue Fletcher 466, MCHV, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. Frederick.Rogers@vtmednet.org
authors.forename: Frederick B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rebuck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male