title: Internal supravesical hernia - a rare cause of intestinal obstruction: report of two cases.
abstract: Supravesical hernias develop at the supravesical fossa between the remnants of the urachus and the left or right umbilical artery. They are exceptional and are often the cause of intestinal obstruction. We report two cases of surgically proven internal supravesical hernias presenting with small bowel obstruction. Abdominal computed tomography showed, for our first case, the relation of the incarcerated intestine anterior to and compressing the urinary bladder. We believe that the preoperative diagnosis of supravesical hernia by abdominal computed tomography is possible, as shown in our first case.
authors.affiliation: Department of surgery, Mohamed Thahar Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouassida
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: Hassen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Touinsi
authors.forename: Helmi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: Mohamed Mongi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mighri
authors.forename: Fathi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chebbi
authors.forename: Mechaal Ben
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouzeidi
authors.forename: Sadok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology