title: Small bowel obstruction secondary to internal hernia through a defect of the broad ligament: preoperative multi-detector CT diagnosis.
abstract: We report a case of small bowel obstruction secondary to internal hernia through a defect in the broad ligament diagnosed by MDCT and confirmed at surgery. The CT findings that allow the diagnosis of this very rare cause of SBO are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Ps. Vall d'Hebron 119-129, Barcelona, Spain. squiroga@vhebron.net
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarrias
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001956:Broad Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D057234:Preoperative Period