title: Small bowel obstruction due to a paracolonic retroperitoneal hernia.
abstract: Hernias involving the retroperitoneum are unusual. The most common of these are the paraduodenal hernias. A retroperitoneal hernia occurring from a lateral defect in the colonic retroperitoneal attachments is presented. We believe that this case represents a newly recognized variant of retroperitoneal hernias.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed