title: A rare hernia of intra-abdominal fat in the thorax under an intact diaphragm: multidetector computed tomography.
abstract: Neither abdominal wall hernia nor diaphragmatic hernia is an unusual disease. But some may have difficulty diagnosing the presence of intra-abdominal fat in the thorax under an intact diaphragm. We report a case with an external compression of the right lower lung from intra-abdominal fat owing to a hernia through the right lateral abdominal wall and secondary through the ninth intercostal space of the chest wall to the right lower thorax without traumatic history. Multiple images, including multidetector row computed tomography, are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Teng-Fu
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Ruei-Jin
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Siu-Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Jen-I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Hao-Hung
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Tain
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*