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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:955-956
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

A new type of diaphragmatic hernia: Anterolateral hernia

Jérôme Mouroux, MD, PhD, Daniel Pop, MD*, Patrice Guiraudet, MD, Ricardo Giovanetti, MD, Jérôme Lauron, MD, Nicolas Venissac, MD

Thoracic Surgery Department, Pasteur Hospital, Nice, France

Received for publication September 14, 2007; accepted for publication December 4, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Daniel Pop, MD, Thoracic Surgery Department, Pasteur Hospital, Buiding H1, 30 Avenue de la Voie Romaine, 06002 Nice, France. (Email: danielpopch@yahoo.com).

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Heterogenous types of acquired hernias in the diaphragm have been described in the literature: the hiatal hernia through the esophageal foramen and the posterolateral hernia through the Henle costolumbar orifice or anterior foramen of Larrey-Morgagni hernia (retroxiphoid hernias).1,2Go To our knowledge, no anterolateral hernia has been reported. We describe the case of a hernia between the eighth and ninth anterior costochondral insertion of the muscular fibers of the diaphragm.

Clinical Summary

A 76-year-old man had a medical history of diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, a bilateral inguinal hernia (operated), and a 2/3 gastrectomy for gastric ulcer (50 years ago). In 1999, a chest x-ray showed an air-filled opacity in the left thoracic base. No further investigations were done. In September . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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