Obstrucción de intestino delgado en un paciente adulto secundaria a hernia pericecal, una patología extremadamente infrecuente
- Resource Type
- Authors
- David Abelló; Matteo Frasson; E. García-Granero; Hanna Cholewa; Jorge Sancho-Muriel; Elena Cepeda
- Source
- Cirugía y Cirujanos. 88
- Subject
- Abdominal pain
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Peritonitis
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Surgery
Acute abdomen
Laparotomy
SMALL BOWEL NECROSIS
medicine
Hernia
Differential diagnosis
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-7411
Internal hernias are defined by the protrusion of an abdominal organ through a peritoneal or mesenteric aperture. They are responsable for up to 5.8% of all small bowel obstructions (SBOs). Pericecal hernia is a highly unusual variation. We present a case of a 17-year-old Asian male turned to the emergency department due to abrupt abdominal pain and peritonitis. An emergent laparotomy revealed a small bowel herniation through the avascular space of Treves with small bowel necrosis. A pericecal hernia is an extremely unusual clinical entity; however, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of SBO.