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Obturator hernia (the little old lady's hernia) diagnosed via computed tomography: a case report.
Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2023 April
UNLABELLED: Obturator hernia is an infrequent clinical entity of abdominal wall hernia, accounting for an incidence rate ranging from 0.073 to 2.2% of all hernias and being responsible for 0.2-1.6% of all cases of mechanical intestinal obstruction. The computed tomography (CT) scan, as an imaging modality, is critical in improving the diagnostic rate of obturator hernia.
CASE PRESENTATION: The authors herein report an 87-year-old thin male patient with a known history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presenting with complaints of abdominal pain for 3 days and constipation for 2 days, as well as one episode of vomiting without any features of peritoneal irritation, which was diagnosed early as a right-sided obturator hernia via CT and managed with exploratory laparotomy with hernia reduction and polypropylene mesh repair.
DISCUSSION: Obturator hernia is a rare surgical phenomenon with a varied clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic to presenting as intestinal obstruction. The CT scan plays a critical role in the detection of obturator hernias, which ameliorates the possible significant postoperative morbidity and mortality.
CONCLUSION: This report demonstrates that a high index of suspicion combined with CT imaging aids in early diagnosis and management, thus overcoming the reluctant morbidity.
CASE PRESENTATION: The authors herein report an 87-year-old thin male patient with a known history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presenting with complaints of abdominal pain for 3 days and constipation for 2 days, as well as one episode of vomiting without any features of peritoneal irritation, which was diagnosed early as a right-sided obturator hernia via CT and managed with exploratory laparotomy with hernia reduction and polypropylene mesh repair.
DISCUSSION: Obturator hernia is a rare surgical phenomenon with a varied clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic to presenting as intestinal obstruction. The CT scan plays a critical role in the detection of obturator hernias, which ameliorates the possible significant postoperative morbidity and mortality.
CONCLUSION: This report demonstrates that a high index of suspicion combined with CT imaging aids in early diagnosis and management, thus overcoming the reluctant morbidity.
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