1. Torsion and gangrene of hydatid of Morgagni
- Author
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John W. Howser and Louis P. Riverau
- Subjects
Gangrene ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Right adnexa ,Torsion (gastropod) ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Hydatid of Morgagni ,Appendix ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine ,Right lower quadrant pain ,business - Abstract
1. 1. A brief embryologic discussion is presented as to the origin of hydatids of Morgagni. 2. 2. A review of the literature has shown that torsion of such hydatids has been reported in thirty-nine instances. 3. 3. Torsion of hydatids of Morgagni occur more commonly in the male, the ratio being two to one. 4. 4. A brief discussion of the symptomatology and physical findings is presented. 5. 5. A case of torsion of a right hydatid of Morgagni in a girl fourteen years of age, treated by ligation and excision, together with an appendectomy is reported. 6. 6. It is suggested that in all cases of right lower quadrant pain, if a normal appendix is found at operation, the right adnexa be inspected for torsion of such hydatids.
- Published
- 1943