title: Retropsoas hernia as a cause of chronic abdominal pain: CT diagnosis.
abstract: Congenital retropsoas small bowel herniation is reported as the cause of long-standing recurrent abdominal pain in a teenage girl. Knowledge of this entity is important for differential diagnosis of abdominal pain, mass, or retroperitoneal gas and fluid, and for avoiding complications of percutaneous renal interventions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Strauch
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016658:Psoas Muscles; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed