Lumbar hernia: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction

Postgrad Med J. 1999 Apr;75(882):231-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.231.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Barium Sulfate
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology*
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Enema
  • Female
  • Hernia / complications*
  • Hernia / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate