Abstract
We describe a 70-year-old woman presenting with large bowel obstruction secondary to incarceration of the mid descending colon within a lumbar hernia. This was diagnosed on barium enema and successfully treated surgically.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Barium Sulfate
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Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Colonic Diseases / etiology*
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Enema
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Female
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Hernia / complications*
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Hernia / diagnostic imaging
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Humans
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Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
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Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
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Lumbosacral Region
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Radiography