A rare adult morgagni hernia mimicking lobar pneumonia
Supomo Supomo , Handy Darmawan
Department of Surgery, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Morgagni hernia is the rarest form of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and is commonly found either in the first few hours of life or in the antenatal period. It is less common in adults and is mostly diagnosed accidentally in asymptomatic patients. Symptomatic adult cases are even rarer with a wide variety of symptoms. We report a patient with a 1-year history of chronic recurrent cough and dyspnea who had been misdiagnosed with recurrent pneumonia before being recognized and treated for Morgagni hernia.
Keywords: Adult, morgagni hernias, misdiagnosis
Cite this paper as: Supomo S, Darmawan H. A rare adult morgagni hernia mimicking lobar pneumonia. Turk J Surg 2018; 10.5152/turkjsurg.2018.3978.
Written informed consent was obtained from patient who participated in this study.
Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - S.S.; Design - S.S., H.D.; Supervision - S.S.; Resource - S.S.; Materials - S.S.; Data Collection and/or Processing - H.D.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - S.S., H.D.; Literature Search - S.S., H.D.; Writing Manuscript - S.S., H.D.; Critical Reviews - S.S., H.D.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.
We would like to thank Achmad Aulia Rachman and Department of Surgery of Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta for assisting in publication of this manuscript.