title: Strangulated congenital mesenteric hernia: a case report.
abstract: Congenital mesenteric defects are rare and often recognized only in surgery or autopsy. Preoperative diagnosis of an internal hernia is quite rare. A common symptom of trans-mesenteric intestinal herniation is intermittent postprandial pain. If there is strangulation of the mesenteric internal herniation, there is often vomiting and constipation. Signs and symptoms of a bowel obstruction in a patient without previous abdominal surgery or inguinal hernia as well as without history of intra-abdominal operation and infection suggest the possibility of a congenital mesenteric defect with internal herniation. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment are important to reduce morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to present the case of a 20-year-old female patient on whom preoperative diagnosis of internal trans-mesenteric internal hernia was made.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kalaycı
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yazıcı
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yandı
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008643:Mesentery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult