Internal supravesical hernia: report of a case.
A patient with clinical signs of intestinal obstruction was found at celiotomy to have a loop of small intestine caught in the supravesical space between pubis and urinary bladder. This report aims to bring attention to vesical hernias, a very rare entity, as a possible cause of small bowel obstruction.
D000368:Aged; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*