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Chest radiograph (posterior-anterior and lateral view). An anterior diaphragmatic hernia containing some elements of the right colon. The heart and mediastinal contours show no gross abnormality. No obvious hilar mass. No lobar collapse or consolidation. No obvious intrapulmonary mass.
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Chest - X-ray (Figure 1) suggested right-sided diaphragmatic hernia and pleural effusion for which she received treatment.
Axial computed tomography scan of the chest and abdomen demonstrating plate atelectasis in the right upper lobe presumably as a consequence of the longstanding right-sided anterior diaphragmatic hernia of Morgagni which displaces the heart to the left.
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A computed tomography (CT) scan (Figure 2) showed a diaphragmatic hernia with some collapse/consolidation of the adjacent lung.
Intra-operative image of the abdominal cavity showing anterior diaphragmatic hernia above the liver.
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So she underwent laparoscopic repair (Figure 3) of her congenital diaphragmatic hernia.