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Richter's hernia through a Spigelian defect of the abdominal wall.

Fisichella PM, Harwell J, Brosnan J, Abcarian H

Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA. pfisiche@uic.edu

A 78-year-old healthy woman with no previous surgeries or history of trauma presented with a painful abdominal mass for 1 day. The computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen demonstrated a partial herniation and strangulation of the cecum (Richter's hernia) between the internal and external oblique muscles through the linea semilunaris (Spigelian hernia). The challenging clinical diagnosis of Spigelian hernias and their surgical treatment options are discussed.

Published 25 December 2006 in Am J Surg, 193(1): 69-70.
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