title: Lumbar hernia: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Hide
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uberoi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate