title: [A case of intestinal obstruction caused by strangulated femoral hernia accompanying soft tissue necrosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Gye Sung
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Earm Seok
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Mo
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kwak
mesh_terms: 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