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KMID : 0385920190300060608
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2019 Volume.30 No. 6 p.608 ~ p.611
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Internal hernia through a defect of the broad ligament: a case report
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Lee Joong-Kwon
Kang Dong-Baek
Lee Joo-Hyun
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Abstract
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A small bowel obstruction due to an internal hernia through a defect of the broad ligament (called a broad ligament hernia) is rare and accounts for 4-7% of all internal hernias. A 42-year-old woman visited the emergency department of Wonkwang University Hospital with epigastric pain that had lasted for one day. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a closed loop of the small bowel with multiple beak signs at the lower pelvic area, near the uterus and left adnexa. The surgical findings revealed a dilatated small bowel and hernia through a 2×2-cm-sized defect of the left broad ligament. This paper reports a rare case of a broad ligament hernia that was treated successfully via the laparoscopic approach and discusses the characteristics of this disease with reference to the literature.
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KEYWORD
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Internal hernia, Broad ligament hernia, Small bowel obstruction
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