diaphragmatic hernia

• hiatus hernia
  • 99% axial ("sliding")
  • 1% para-esophageal ("rolling")

• Bochdalek hernia
  • posterior: pleuroperitoneal membrane
  • more common on LEFT

• Morgagni hernia
  • anterior: retrosternal muscle clefts
  • most often on RIGHT, most seen on LEFT

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18