Morgagni Hernia and Thoracic Deformities

Abstract

We report two cases of Morgagni hernia associated with pectus carinatum. This association is exceptional; only two other cases have been reported so far. In one of our patients, an abdominal surgical approach was used to repair the Morgagni hernia and to perform a Nissen-Rossetti procedure (for an associated endobrachyesophagus); the patient did not require correction of the pectus carinatum. In the other patient, both thoracic deformity and Morgagni hernia were repaired using the same thoracic approach.

Key words

Morgagni hernia - thoracic deformity - surgery

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