BWH emergency radiology—surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury

We present a case of a young man who fell off his motorbike 2 days before presentation to the hospital with a complaint of gastrointestinal upset and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a right-sided traumatic spigelian hernia and an ascending colon injury nec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emergency radiology 2015-12, Vol.22 (6), p.709-711
Hauptverfasser:	Gates, Alexander A., Desai, Naman S., Sodickson, Aaron D., Khurana, Bharti, Gates, Jonathan D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents, Traffic Case Report Colon - diagnostic imaging Colon - injuries Colon - surgery Contrast Media Emergency Medicine Hernia, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging Hernia, Abdominal - surgery Humans Imaging Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Radiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a case of a young man who fell off his motorbike 2 days before presentation to the hospital with a complaint of gastrointestinal upset and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a right-sided traumatic spigelian hernia and an ascending colon injury necessitating operative repair of both.
ISSN:	1070-3004 1438-1435
DOI:	10.1007/s10140-015-1321-x