Incarceration of small bowel herniation through a defect of the broad ligament of the uterus: report of a case.
Intestinal herniation through a defect in the broad ligament of the uterus is uncommon among internal herniations. We herein report a 59-year-old woman with intestinal obstruction, who had no previous history of surgical treatment except for an appendectomy. The laparotomy revealed an incarceration of the small bowel herniation through the defect of the right broad ligament. This possibility should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis for female patients presenting with an intestinal obstruction without any history of a prior laparotomy.
Department of Surgery, Oita National Hospital, 2-11-45 Yokota, Oita 870-0263, Japan.
Tadahiro
T
Nozoe
Hideaki
H
Anai
D001956:Broad Ligament; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008875:Middle Aged; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications*