Hernia of morgagni in adultsrevelated by a gastric perforation: an atypicalclinicalpresentation (a case report)

Morgagniherniaisar are type of congenitaldiaphragmatichernia .In general, this pathology is diagnosed in children; in adultsitis frequently discovered in emergency or incidentally. The most common is a symptomatic but in complicated cases it is a cause of acute surgical abdomen. The main symptoms are presented by :dyspnea, cough, sternal pain, and bowel obstruction depending on the extent of the hernia. The herniausually contain somentum, bowel (colon), and some times liver.
In this article, wer apported the case of an 65-year-old female patient, admitted to the emergency departement with history of epigastric pain and persistent vomiting, with a acute surgical abdomen .The diagnostic was confirmed by imaging, objectifying a complicated morgagnihernia. She was successfully managed by an emergency surgical intervention.