Obturator hernia: a diagnostic challenge.
We describe a case of an 82-year-old lady with groin pain secondary to an obturator hernia. She was a diagnostic challenge, and 6 years passed before the obturator hernia was discovered. She presented to hospital with symptoms of bowel obstruction, and a computer tomography (CT) scan of her pelvis revealed an incarcerated obturator hernia. Her surgical management included reinforcement of the obturator foramen with sutures. A recurrence of the obturator hernia 2 years later required an extra-peritoneal mesh repair of the defect in the obturator foramen with a good outcome.
Pandey
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St Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia. rpandey@gmp.usyd.edu.au
Maqbool
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Jayachandran
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed