title: Unusual Diaphragmatic Hernias Mimicking Cardiac Masses.
abstract: Hiatal hernia and Morgagni hernia are sorts of diaphragmatic hernias that are rarely detected on transthoracic echocardiography. Although echocardiographic findings have an important role for differential diagnosis of cardiac masses, we often might overlook diaphragmatic hernia. We report three cases of diaphragmatic hernias having specific features. The first case is huge hiatal hernia that encroaches left atrium with internal swirling flow on transthoracic echocardiography. The second case is a hiatal hernia that encroaches on both atria, incidentally detected on preoperative echocardiography. The third case is Morgagni hernia which encroaches on the right atrium only. So, we need to consider possibility of diaphragmatic hernia when we find a cardiac mass with specific echocardiographic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Si Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Myoung Gun
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Su Ji
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeonggeun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Woong Chol
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Seung
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. ; Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Wook-Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chung
keywords: Cardiac mass; Diaphragmatic hernia; Echocardiography; Hiatal hernia; Morgagni hernia