[A case of intestinal obstruction caused by strangulated femoral hernia accompanying soft tissue necrosis].
Intestinal obstruction involves a partial or complete blockage of the bowel which results in the failure of intestinal contents to pass through. The mechanical causes of obstruction may include the followings: hernias, postoperative adhesions or scar tissue, impacted feces, gallstones, tumors, granulomatous processes, intussusception, volvulus, foreign bodies, and etc. Hernias are the third leading cause of intestinal obstruction by 10% approximately. However, most hernias are the cases with abdominal wall, inguinal or internal hernia. Femoral, obturator, lumbar, or sciatic hernia as the cause of obsturction is rare. Furthermore, the cases accompanying soft tissue necrosis are seldomly reported. Herein, we report a case of intestinal obstruction caused by strangulated femoral hernia accompanying soft tissue necrosis in a 78-years-old female patient.
Moon
Sun Kyung
SK
Department of Surgery, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Lee
Gye Sung
GS
Lee
Earm Seok
ES
Kang
Hyun Mo
HM
Lee
Ji Hyun
JH
Kim
Jae Su
JS
Kim
Sung Cheol
SC
Kwak
Seung Soo
SS
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed