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| Year : 2007 | Volume
: 12
| Issue : 4 | Page : 224-225 |
Transmesenteric hernia with bowel ischemia in unusual site
S Praveen, CR Thambidorai
Department of Surgery, University Kebangsaan Malaysia hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
C R Thambidorai
Department of Surgery, University Kebangsaan Malaysia hospital, Jalan Yaakob Latif 56000, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.40841
An 8-year-old girl presented with distal ileal obstruction secondary to transmesenteric hernia. The ileum just proximal to the herniated loop was ischemic, while the herniated bowel did not show ischemia. The ischemia was due to stretching and torsion of the vessels around the mesenteric defect by the herniated bowel. Such a mechanism has not been reported before.
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