title: [Diagnostic image (243). A woman with an epigastric mass and vomiting].
abstract: An 87-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain and vomiting. Abdominal examination revealed an epigastric mass of 10 by 15 cm. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated protrusion of peritoneal contents through a large defect in the linea alba.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd. Heelkunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Schipper
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wobbes
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology