CT-scan diagnosis of bilateral obturator hernias in a patient with chronic chylous ascites.
Bilateral obturator hernias were diagnosed in a 61-year-old woman by CT-scan examination, permitting an elective surgical repair by preperitoneal interposition of Teflon mesh. The condition developed in a patient presenting with a 15-year history of chylous ascites, occasioned by primary hypoplasia of the lymphatic system and cirrhosis of the liver.
Univ. Dept. of Surgery, Stuivenberg General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
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D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene