BWH emergency radiology--surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury.
We present a case of a young man who fell off his motorbike 2 days before presentation to the hospital with a complaint of gastrointestinal upset and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a right-sided traumatic spigelian hernia and an ascending colon injury necessitating operative repair of both.
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medial School, Boston, MA, USA.
Alexander A
AA
Gates
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. ndesai2@gmail.com.
Naman S
NS
Desai
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Aaron D
AD
Sodickson
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Bharti
B
Khurana
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medial School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonathan D
JD
Gates
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
D003287:Contrast Media
Hematoma; Multi-detector computed tomography; Surgery; Traumatic spigelian hernia