Congenital Internal Hernia Presented with Life Threatening Extensive Small Bowel Strangulation / 대한소아소화기영양학회지
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
; : 190-194, 2013.
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em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-103573
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ABSTRACT
Internal hernia (IH) is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction occurs when there is protrusion of an internal organ into a retroperitoneal fossa or a foramen in the abdominal cavity. IH can be presented with acute or chronic abdominal symptom and discovered by accident in operation field. However, various kinds of imaging modalities often do not provide the assistance to diagnose IH preoperatively, but computed tomography (CT) scan has a high diagnostic accuracy. We report a case of congenital IH in a 6-year-old boy who experienced life threatening shock. CT scan showed large amount of ascites, bowel wall thickening with poor or absent enhancement of the strangulated bowel segment. Surgical exploration was performed immediately and had to undergo over two meters excision of strangulated small bowel. To prevent the delay in the diagnosis of IH, we should early use of the CT scan and take urgent operation.
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Assunto principal:
Ascite
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Choque
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Cavidade Abdominal
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Hérnia
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Obstrução Intestinal
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo