Transverse mesocolonic hernia of the jejunum mimicking pancreatic neoplasm

Russell J Nauta; Allison C Nauta

Transverse mesocolonic hernia of the jejunum mimicking pancreatic neoplasm

Am Surg. 2008 Mar;74(3):224-6.

Authors

Russell J Nauta¹, Allison C Nauta

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. rnauta@mah.harvard.edu

PMID: 18376687

Abstract

A patient admitted repetitively for vomiting was found to have a radiologic abnormality in the lesser sac, initially interpreted as a pancreatic mass. At exploration, intestinal obstruction due to transmesocolonic herniation of the jejunum explained both the symptoms and the radiologic finding.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Fluoroscopy
Hernia / diagnostic imaging*
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Jejunal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Jejunal Diseases / surgery
Male
Mesocolon / diagnostic imaging
Mesocolon / surgery
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed