Transmesosigmoid hernia during pregnancy.
We have presented a case of internal herniation of small bowel through the sigmoid mesocolon in a pregnant woman. In patients with symptoms suggestive of bowel obstruction, even without a history of previous abdominal surgery, internal hernia must be included in the differential diagnosis.
Johnson
B L
BL
Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk 23507.
Lind
J F
JF
Ulich
P J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*