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A Grynfeltt hernia: report of a case.

Skrekas G, Stafyla VK, Papalois VE

1st Department of Surgery, 251 Hellenic VA Air force General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Superior lumbar hernia (Grynfeltt hernia) is an uncommon variety of abdominal wall defect. There are three types of lumbar hernia: congenital, acquired, and incisional hernias. Diagnosis depends largely on the capacity for clinical suspicion, and confirmation is based on imaging tests. We report a case of an acquired lumbar hernia diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), which was treated successfully at our institution.

Published 4 May 2005 in Hernia, 9(2): 188-91.
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