Handlebar hernia: diagnosis by abdominal computed tomography.
Traumatic "handlebar" hernia, produced by impaction of a bicycle handlebar on the abdominal wall, is a rare entity. Presented is the case of a 7-year-old boy who sustained such a hernia, which contained an incarcerated loop of small bowel. The use of abdominal computed tomography to confirm the diagnosis before operative reduction of the hernia appears to be a safe and efficacious adjunct to physical examination.
Mitchiner
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Department of Emergency Medicine, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging