Closed loop ileus caused by a defect in the broad ligament:A case report
作者机构:Department of General SurgeryCantonal Hospital of AarauAarau 5001Switzerland
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2023年第11卷第5期
页 面:1182-1187页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Broad ligament Ileus Internal hernia Laparoscopy Case report
摘 要:BACKGROUND Closed loop ileus caused by entrapment of bowel in a defect of the broad ligament is a *** a few cases have been reported in the *** SUMMARY We present the case of a 44-year-old,healthy patient with no prior history of abdominal surgery who developed a closed loop ileus due to an internal hernia secondary to a defect in the right broad *** first presented to the emergency department with diarrhea and *** she had had no previous abdominal surgery,she was diagnosed with probable gastroenteritis and *** patient subsequently returned to the emergency department due to a lack of improvement in her *** tests showed an elevated white blood cell count and a closed loop ileus was diagnosed on an abdominal computer tomography *** laparoscopy revealed an internal hernia entrapped in a 2 cm large defect in the right broad *** hernia was reduced and the ligament defect was closed using a running,barbed *** Bowel incarceration through an internal hernia may present with misleading symptoms and laparoscopy may reveal unexpected findings.