BWH emergency radiology--surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury

Alexander A Gates; Naman S Desai; Aaron D Sodickson; Bharti Khurana; Jonathan D Gates

doi:10.1007/s10140-015-1321-x

BWH emergency radiology--surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury

Emerg Radiol. 2015 Dec;22(6):709-11. doi: 10.1007/s10140-015-1321-x. Epub 2015 May 2.

Authors

Alexander A Gates¹, Naman S Desai², Aaron D Sodickson³, Bharti Khurana³, Jonathan D Gates¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medial School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. [email protected].
³ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

PMID: 25933510
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-015-1321-x

Abstract

We present a case of a young man who fell off his motorbike 2 days before presentation to the hospital with a complaint of gastrointestinal upset and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a right-sided traumatic spigelian hernia and an ascending colon injury necessitating operative repair of both.

Keywords: Hematoma; Multi-detector computed tomography; Surgery; Traumatic spigelian hernia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Colon / diagnostic imaging
Colon / injuries*
Colon / surgery
Contrast Media
Hernia, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
Hernia, Abdominal / surgery
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult

Substances

Contrast Media