|
# | Authors | Year | Origin | Age | m/f | Type of hernia | Clinical presentation | Imaging | Colonoscopy | Surgical approach | Colectomy | Hernia repair | Comments | Outcome |
|
1 | Dawson RE | 1977 | KY, USA | 67 | f | Morgagni hernia | Malaise, anemia | Barium enema: obstructing colon mass within Morgagni hernia | nd | Midline laparotomy | Transverse colectomy | Primary closure | 1st case, part of series of Morgagni hernia repairs | Uneventful recovery; had liver metastases at time of surgery |
2 | Doutre LP | 1980 | France | 78 | f | Morgagni hernia | Bowel obstruction | Barium enema: no tumor seen but Morgagni hernia | nd | Midline laparotomy | Right hemicolectomy | Primary closure | Published in French | Uneventful recovery |
3 | Kochling G | 1990 | Germany | 51 | m | Left Morgagni or Bochdalek hernia | Weight loss, diarrhea, leukocytosis | CT scan: Morgagni hernia, liver lesions | Mass in intrathoracic ascending colon | Palliative chemotherapy, secondary midline laparotomy | Palliative ileocolic anastomosis | NDA | Published in German; described as left chest Morgagni hernia; distal transverse colon cancer | Died from tumor progression after 3 months |
4 | Arslan A | 2000 | Norway | 60 | f | 4 cm Morgagni hernia | Weight loss, epigastric pain, shortness of breath | CT scan: pleural empyema, 10 cm colon mass in Morgagni hernia | nd | Emergent pleural empyema drainage, then right thoracotomy | Segmental colectomy | Primary closure | Not in PubMed | NDA |
5 | Pappas-Gogos G | 2007 | Greece | 66 | m | Traumatic left diaphragmatic hernia | Left chest pain | CT scan: colon mass in traumatic diaphragmatic hernia | nd | Left thoracoabdominal incision | Left hemicolectomy | PTFE patch closure | Traumatic left-sided hernia; splenic flexure cancer | Uneventful recovery, well after two years |
6 | Turner G | 2013 | New Zealand | 50 | m | Morgagni hernia | Constipation, abdominal pain | CT scan: cecal mass in Morgagni hernia; PET: cecal FDG uptake | nd | Chevron incision | Right hemicolectomy | Primary closure | Appendix adenocarcinoma; Morgagni hernia known from cxr 5 years earlier | Uneventful recovery |
7 | Gaco S | 2013 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 85 | m | 7 cm Morgagni hernia | Acute colonic obstruction | CT scan: obstructed colon in Morgagni hernia, no mass | nd | Emergency midline laparotomy | Palliative ileocolic anastomosis (locally advanced cancer) | Primary closure | Emergent case | Discharged after 3 days, palliative chemotherapy; alive after 10 months |
8 | Rabal Fueyo A | 2018 | Spain | 49 | f | 5 cm Morgagni hernia | Abdominal pain | CT scan: colon mass in Morgagni hernia | NDA | Laparoscopy | Extended right hemicolectomy through limited laparotomy | Nonabsorbable MESH closure | 1st laparoscopic approach: only hernia repair | Discharged after 7 days; no FU data |
9 | Current case | 2020 | MD, USA | 70 | m | 7 cm Morgagni hernia | Fatigue, SOB | CT scan: Morgagni hernia | Mass in intrathoracic ascending colon | Laparoscopy | Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with extracorporeal anastomosis | Transfascial sutures; absorbable MESH and peritoneal flap | 1st total laparoscopic case | Discharged after 5 days; died after 5 months from complications of chemotherapy |
|