Obturator hernia, a rare cause of intestinal obstruction

A 76-year-old woman presented acutely to the emergency room with clinical and X-ray features of intestinal obstruction. Contrastenhanced CT image of the abdomen demonstrated an abnormal ovoid soft tissue mass (Fig. A), located between the right pectineus and obturator externus muscles. The coronal (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E Vanhoutte, K Ramboer, L Verhaeghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/112