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Morgagni's hernia
Also known as:
Morgagni-Larrey hernia
Larrey's hernia
Associated persons:
Dominique-Jean Larrey, baron
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Description:
An uncommon congenital defect. A congenital parasternal or retrosternal diaphragmatocele which is pouching up into the chest cavity through a less resistant part of the diaphragm (Morgagni’s foramen or Larrey's cleft).
A case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia was first reported by Lazare Rivière (Lazarus Riverius, 1589-1655) who observed it in a post mortem examination.
Bibliography:
- G. B. Morgagni:
De sedibus et causis morborum. Lib III. Venezia, 1761.
The seats and causes of diseases investigated by anatomy. London: Millar and Cadell, 1769
- D.-J. Larrey:
Clinique chirurgicale, exercée particulièrement dans les camps et les hôpitaux militaires depuis 1792 jusq’en 1829. Paris, 1829.
- G. Arzillo, D. Aiello, G. Priano, F. Roggero, G. Buluggio:
[Morgagni-Larrey diaphragmatic hernia. Personal case serie] [Article in Italian]
Minerva chirurgica, Torino, November 1994, 49 (11):1145-1151.
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