A rare cause of ileus: Morgagni hernia defect in case of emergency : Morgagni hernia in emergency

Orhan Aslan; İsmail  Sezikli; Sena Uğur Çalışkan; Suat Evirgen

doi:10.5281/zenodo.7493428

Authors

Orhan Aslan Hitit University Faculty of Medicine Department of General Surgery, Çorum, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-0792
İsmail Sezikli Hitit University Faculty of Medicine Department of General Surgery, Çorum, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-1465
Sena Uğur Çalışkan Hitit University Erol Olcok Training and Research Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Çorum, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-243X
Suat Evirgen Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Amasya, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-2426

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7493428

Keywords:

Diaphragmatic hernia, morgagni, strangulation

Abstract

Morgagni Hernia is a congenital defect seen in 2% of the population and develops from agenesis of the diaphragmatic crus and costal and sternal parts. This pathology may not cause any symptoms and therefore may not be diagnosed until adulthood. In this case report, the reduction and repair of the defect with graft of a patient who was evaluated in the emergency room with ileus and developed incarceration of the omentum and colon due to Morgagni hernia is described. We aimed to point out that this rare congenital diaphragmatic hernia should be considered in the diagnosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with ileus.

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