Computed tomographic diagnosis of appendicitis within a spigelian hernia.
A Spigelian hernia is a rare abdominal wall hernia diagnosed with ultrasonography or computed tomography. We report the first case of acute appendicitis within a Spigelian hernia diagnosed by computed tomography.
Deshmukh
Swati
S
Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ghanouni
Pejman
P
Mindelzun
Robert
R
Roos
Justus
J
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed