A unique cause of small bowel obstruction.
A unique case of small bowel obstruction in an 83-year-old man is reported. The obstruction was produced by a carcinoma of the caecum. The caecum was lying in the scrotal sac of a large indirect inguinal hernia.
D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male