title: Obturator hernia: report of a case and brief review of its status.
abstract: The only case of obturator hernia in over 230,000 admissions is discussed. In the review of the recent English literature, a total of 30 cases, including our own, was collected. Characteristics of the condition were analyzed. The median age of the patients was 67 years; the majority were females in a ratio of 9:1 and both sides were equally affected. This entity occurs with the signs and symptoms of small bowel obstruction and, in almost one half of the patients, the pathognomonic Howship-Romberg sign.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013526:Surgical Mesh