Traumatic abdominal hernia caused by cough, presenting with intestinal obstruction.
A case of traumatic abdominal hernia is reported in a patient with a history of chronic cough. After a bout of coughing 3 months prior to her presentation, the patient developed a large herniation on the left lateral side of the abdomen. The patient presented with intestinal obstruction due to the herniation. A CT scanning confirmed the hernia and showed a peritoneal defect with herniation of most of the intestine on the left lateral side of the abdomen. An emergency midline laparotomy was performed, and the defect was corrected.
Lund
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EP
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark. pierrelund@hotmail.com
Bergenfeldt
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Burcharth
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D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed