Abstract:
: Morgagni hernia is a rare type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. In general, this pathology is diagnosed in children; in adults it is frequently discovered in emergency or incidentally. The most common is asymptomatic but in complicated cases it is a cause of acute surgical abdomen. The main symptoms are presented by : dyspnea, cough, sternal pain, and bowel obstruction depending on the extent of the hernia. The hernia usually contains omentum, bowel (colon), and sometimes liver. In this article, we rapported the case of an 65-year-old female patient, admitted to the emergency departement with history of epigastric pain and persistent vomiting, with a acute surgical abdomen .The diagnostic was confirmed by imaging, objectifying a complicated morgagni hernia. She was successfully managed by an emergency surgical intervention.
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