Strangulated obturator hernia

Strangulated obturator hernia.

To cite: Gupta R, Singh H, Kang M, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014207071 DESCRIPTION A frail 60-year-old woman presented with a 5-day history of pain in the abdomen, constipation, vomiting and abdominal distension. There was no history of surgery or tuberculosis. On examination, the abdomen was distended and non-tender. The hernial site...

Preoperative diagnosis of strangulated obturator hernia.

Strangulated obturator hernia - an unusual presentation of intestinal obstruction.

An 81-year-old Caucasian emaciated female presented with 3 days history of colicky abdominal pain nausea, projectile vomiting and abdominal distension. A pre-operative diagnosis of mechanical bowel obstruction was made. The absence of characteristic clinical signs in this thin elderly woman with a small bowel obstruction failed to provide a pre-operative diagnosis. She underwent a midline lapar...

Strangulated Hernia

History.?Just two weeks before the patient had a huge swelling in the inguinal canal stretching up to the scrotum and all the signs of intestinal obstruction, but no medical help was available. On the sixth day the scrotum sloughed and fecal matter began to flow out through the wound. He was brought to the hospital on the fifteenth day after the onset in an extremely emaciated condition. On exa...

Strangulated Hernia

The following data have been drawn from an analysis of the cases of strangulated hernia* (inguinal, femoral and umbilical) admitted to the Bristol Royal Infirmary during the years 1927-1929 inclusive :?