Retropsoas hernia as a cause of chronic abdominal pain: CT diagnosis.
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.
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Division of Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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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