Obturator hernia: a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction
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department, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan, with diffuse abdominal pain for one day in April 2012. Her abdomen was distended, hypoactive and tender without palpable masses. Abdominal plain radiograph showed intestinal obstruction (Fig. 1). The computed tomography (CT) of abdomen demonstrated incarceration of the small bowel into the left obturator foramen (Fig. 2). An obturator hernia with intestinal obstruction was diagnosed. She underwent emergency laparotomy combined with hernia repair and resection of the affected bowel. She exhibited no symptoms two months after discharge.
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