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## Background: Congenital morgagni hernia (cmh) is very rare, comprising 3% to 5% of all types of congenital diaphragmatic hernia; and very little is written about it. commonly, it is diagnosed during childhood but can remain asymptomatic till adulthood. in the pediatric age group, the presentation is usually vague and nonspecific leading to delay in diagnosis. ## Patients and methods: The medical records of all patients with the diagnosis of cmh treated at our hospital were retrospectively reviewed for age at diagnosis, sex, presenting symptoms, associated anomalies, diagnosis, operative findings, treatment, and outcome. ## Results: During an 18-year period (january 1983 through december 2001), 20 cases with the diagnosis of cmh were treated at our hospital. there were 15 males and 5 females. their age at time of diagnosis ranged from 28 days to 9 years (mean, 16 months), and most of them (65%) were younger than 1 year. sixteen of them (80%) presented with recurrent chest infection, which most of them had had since early infancy. in 3 patients, morgagni hernia was discovered after blunt abdominal trauma in one, after insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in another, and as a res

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Author

Ahmed H. Al-Salem

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)