Strangulated congenital mesenteric hernia: a case report

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2015 Sep;21(5):410-3. doi: 10.5505/tjtes.2015.44957.

Abstract

Congenital mesenteric defects are rare and often recognized only in surgery or autopsy. Preoperative diagnosis of an internal hernia is quite rare. A common symptom of trans-mesenteric intestinal herniation is intermittent postprandial pain. If there is strangulation of the mesenteric internal herniation, there is often vomiting and constipation. Signs and symptoms of a bowel obstruction in a patient without previous abdominal surgery or inguinal hernia as well as without history of intra-abdominal operation and infection suggest the possibility of a congenital mesenteric defect with internal herniation. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment are important to reduce morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to present the case of a 20-year-old female patient on whom preoperative diagnosis of internal trans-mesenteric internal hernia was made.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hernia, Abdominal / congenital
  • Hernia, Abdominal / diagnosis*
  • Hernia, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia, Abdominal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / congenital
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Mesentery / abnormalities*
  • Mesentery / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult