title: A strangulated Spigelian hernia mimicking diverticulitis.
abstract: Spigelian hernias are true interparietal hernias that are frequently not associated with a palpable mass and, as such, are not frequently diagnosed before surgery. Reported herein, is the serendipitous discovery of an incarcerated Spigelian hernia that was discovered on a CT scan being performed for presumed diverticulitis.
authors.affiliation: Fletcher Allen Health Care, Department of Surgery, 111 Colchester Avenue, FL 466, Burlington, VT 0540, USA.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Camp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis