SUBCOSTOSTERNAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA
Authors: K F HOFFMANN, J CHILKO
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 September 1954SUBCOSTOSTERNAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIAKARL F. HOFFMANN, M.D., ALEXANDER J. CHILKO, M.D., F.A.C.P.KARL F. HOFFMANN, M.D., ALEXANDER J. CHILKO, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-616 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe first recorded description of the rare anomaly variously named "parasternal," "substernal," "anterior" or subcostosternal (Harrington) diaphragmatic hernia is found in J. B. Morgagni's book, "Seats and Causes of Diseases" (1761):"There certainly are places in the diaphragm through which, upon drawing asunder of the fleshy fibres, and upon the giving way of the membranes, the stomach, or some part of the intestinal tube, or any other viscus, may pass over from the belly into the thorax. . . ."Thus, also, anteriorly, betwixt the fibres that come from the xiphoid cartilage and the neighboring fibres, there generally is an...Bibliography1. Morgagni GB: Seats and causes of diseases, 1769, translated by Benjamin Alexander, Vol. 3, Letter 54, 1769, printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, London, p. 205. Google Scholar2. Eckert H: Ueber wahre Zwerchfellbrueche, Diss. Erlangen, 1918. Google Scholar3. Harrington SW: Diagnosis and treatment of various types of diaphragmatic hernia, Am. J. Surg. 50: 377-446, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Harrington SW: Subcostosternal diaphragmatic hernias, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 73: 601-614 (Nov.) 1941. Google Scholar5. 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Y.*Received for publication November 18, 1953.From the Department of Medicine, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School, and the Fourth Medical (NYU) Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGeneral Aspects in the Pathology of the DiaphragmİNKARSERE DEV MORGAGNİ HERNİSİ: OLGU SUNUMURight Cardiophrenic Angle MassPresentation and management of Morgagni hernias in adults: a review of 298 casesGutartige Primärtumoren der Bronchien und LungenZwerchfellDiaphragmatic HerniaZwerchfellhernien und -prolapseDie Erkrankungen des Zwerchfells 1 September 1954Volume 41, Issue 3Page: 616-629KeywordsCartilageHerniaHospital medicineStomachThorax Issue Published: 1 September 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...