Morgagni hernia in an adult: Atypical presentation and diagnostic difficulties

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-116

  Çolakoǧlu, Önder ^a,d   Haciyanli, Mehmet ^a   Soytürk, Müjde ^b   Çolakoǧlu, Gül ^c   Şimşek, Ilkay ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Özel Deniz Tip Merkezi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Morgagni hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MEDIASTINUM; MORGAGNI HERNIA; OBESITY; RARE DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22544462280     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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