Symptomatic inguinal hernia: association with intraabdominal mass lesions.
In a 10-year period, barium enema showed that 25 patients with symptomatic hernias harbored an intraabdominal mass. Of these masses, 92% were malignant and 88% were situated in the pelvis.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate