A case of Morgagni hernia presenting as pneumonia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-301

  Lin, Steven T ^a   Moss, David M ^b   Henderson, Sean O ^a,c  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic; Hernia; Morgagni type hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030741970     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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