title: A spontaneous transomental hernia through the greater omentum.
abstract: Transomental hernia is the rarest form of internal hernias. Clinical expression of this pathology is ambiguous and diagnosis is often made at complication phase, after irreversible strangulation of the herniated loop. Radiological diagnosis is still difficult and intraoperative exploration usually allows discovering this pathology when patient is operated for acute intestinal obstruction. Treatment is surgical and aims to treat intestinal obstruction and prevent recurrence. We describe the case of a 65 years old male operated for a preoperatively suspected internal hernia; surgical exploration found a transomental hernia trough the greater omentum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, EHU-1st November 1954, Oran, Algeria.
authors.forename: Anisse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tidjane
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, EHU-1st November 1954, Oran, Algeria.
authors.forename: Benali
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tabeti
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, EHU-1st November 1954, Oran, Algeria.
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boudjenan Serradj
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, EHU-1st November 1954, Oran, Algeria.
authors.forename: Abdessamed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Djellouli
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, EHU-1st November 1954, Oran, Algeria.
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benmaarouf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Internal hernia; acute intestinal obstruction; transomental hernia