Preschooler with epigastric discomfort, especially when laying down to go to bed at night, who had a loop of bowel behind the sternum incidentally noted on a CXR

Pediatric Imaging Surgical-Pathological-Clinical July 7, 2022June 16, 2022

Surgical image of Morgagni hernia — Surgical image shows an anterior midline defect in the diaphragm, measuring 7 cm in width by 3 cm in depth. The transverse colon was herniated through this defect into the retrosternal space and had been reduced before this image was obtained.

The diagnosis was Morgagni hernia.

Published July 7, 2022June 16, 2022