title: Small bowel obstruction due to a paracecal hernia: computerized tomography diagnosis.
abstract: The role of computerized tomography (CT) in evaluating patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO) has been extensively described in the current literature. We report a rare case of SBO related to a surgically proven paracecal hernia, diagnosed on an abdominal CT scan preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Meir hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osadchy
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keidar
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zissin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed