Small-bowel internal herniation through the falciform ligament: 64-row MDCT diagnosis.
We report a very rare case of internal hernia of the small bowel through a large congenital defect of the falciform ligament. A complete preoperative diagnosis was possible by 64-row multi-detector row computerized tomography. The identification of the characteristic anatomic features and landmarks of the obliterated umbilical vein-ligamentum teres-was the diagnostic key.
Coulier
Bruno
B
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Clinique St Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium. bcoulier@skynet.be
Broze
Bernard
B
Mailleux
Patrick
P
Maldague
Philippe
P
D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008022:Ligaments / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media