Medical Must-See: A Morgagni hernia 85 years in the making
Just 12 other cases of symptomatic Morgagni hernias diagnosed in adulthood have been reported.
A trip to the ED earned an 85-year-old woman admission to an exclusive club: adults with rare and troublesome congenital diaphragmatic hernias of Morgagni.Â
The structural abnormality affecting the anterior diaphragm tends to manifest in childhood, according to doctors in Varanasi, India, who say just 12 symptomatic Morgnani hernias in adults have been documented previously.
