Small bowel obstruction due to a paracecal hernia: computerized tomography diagnosis.
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.
Osadchy
Alexandra
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Meir hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel.
Keidar
Andrei
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Zissin
Rivka
R
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