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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Strangulated Morgagni hernia masquerading as an acute coronary syndrome.

May Honey Ohn, Jun Rong Ng, Theviga Neela Mehan, Ng Pey Luen

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Incarcerated Larrey hernia with small bowel obstruction: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

May Honey OhnCardiology Department, Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK mayhoney.ohn@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-6598
Jun Rong NgFacutly of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Theviga Neela MehanEmergency Department, Hospital Besar Pulau Pinang, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Ng Pey LuenEmergency Department, Miri Hospital, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Hospital Pulau Pinang · MYLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · GBUniversiti of Malaysia Sabah · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morgagni hernia is the rarest type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which can present late in adulthood. Here, we report a case of Morgagni hernia in an elderly woman who presented as an acute coronary syndrome with raised troponin level. X-ray of the chest (CXR) showed air-fluid level in the right lower hemithorax with loss of right diaphragmatic outline and subsequently confirmed strangulated Morgagni hernia with CT. She was treated with emergency laparotomy to reduce the hernia content and surgical repair with mesh done. In conclusion, Troponin can be falsely positive in Morgagni hernia patients, possibly due to strain on the heart by herniated bowel contents. Basic imaging such as a (CXR) is useful in the case of chest pain to rule out the non-cardiac causes. Although 'time is the myocardium' in the setting of all cases of chest pain with raised troponin, CXR should be done before treatment that poses bleeding risk and unnecessary delay in laparotomy.

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Acute Coronary SyndromeHernias, Diaphragmatic, CongenitalAgedChest PainFemaleHumansLaparotomyTomography, X-Ray Computedgastrointestinal surgerygeneral surgeryradiology

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PMID34257130
PMCPMC8278907
OpenAlexW3180517907

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