title: Incarcerated lumbar hernia: a rare presentation.
abstract: This case illustrates the diagnostic uncertainty seen in lumbar herniation as a rare cause of large bowel obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust, North Tees Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees, UK. duncan.light@nth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gopinath
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ratnasingham
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed