Transverse mesocolonic hernia of the jejunum mimicking pancreatic neoplasm.
A patient admitted repetitively for vomiting was found to have a radiologic abnormality in the lesser sac, initially interpreted as a pancreatic mass. At exploration, intestinal obstruction due to transmesocolonic herniation of the jejunum explained both the symptoms and the radiologic finding.
Nauta
Russell J
RJ
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. rnauta@mah.harvard.edu
Nauta
Allison C
AC
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008646:Mesocolon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed