Obturator hernia: a case report.

Obturator hernia is a rare clinical entity usually presenting with strangulation. Preoperative diagnosis is seldom made and this has contributed to a high. mortality. One should suspect a strangulated obturator hernia in an elderly thin. female patient presenting with vague abdominal symptoms or intestinal obstruction associated with a positive Houiship-Romberg sign. Urgent laparotomy is indicated to establisli the diagnosis andfor resection of bowel if indicated.