Lumbar hernia: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction.
We describe a 70-year-old woman presenting with large bowel obstruction secondary to incarceration of the mid descending colon within a lumbar hernia. This was diagnosed on barium enema and successfully treated surgically.
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Department of Clinical Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate