Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report
We report a rare case of a 77-year-old man with a known left inguinal hernia presenting with groin pain following a blunt trauma of the left leg. Diagnosis of small bowel perforation away from the hernia was obtained only in surgery. Difficulty in preoperative diagnosis, rarity of histologic pattern...
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doaj-2e31853f154047dc89d39593ab1d48b02021-09-27T05:00:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Surgery2296-875X2021-09-01810.3389/fsurg.2021.710417710417Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case ReportJianli Shao0Long Sun1Qinghui Fu2Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Sanmen, Sanmen, ChinaTraditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Sanmen, Sanmen, ChinaSchool of Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaWe report a rare case of a 77-year-old man with a known left inguinal hernia presenting with groin pain following a blunt trauma of the left leg. Diagnosis of small bowel perforation away from the hernia was obtained only in surgery. Difficulty in preoperative diagnosis, rarity of histologic pattern, and surgical challenges make this case very interesting for surgeons and radiologists. Our conclusion upon dealing with the situation is that the diagnosis of small bowel perforation following blunt injury to a non-abdominal trauma is rare and difficult. The association between inguinal hernia and non-abdominal trauma may result in small bowel injuries that normally do not appear. Therefore, clinicians should be cautious in treating non-abdominal trauma patients with inguinal hernias.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.710417/fullcase reportherniasmall bowel perforationsurgerymisdiagnosis |
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Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report |
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Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report |
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Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report |
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Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report |
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Small Bowel Perforation Due to Blunt Trauma of Left Leg With an Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report |
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small bowel perforation due to blunt trauma of left leg with an incarcerated inguinal hernia: a case report |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Surgery |
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2021-09-01 |
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We report a rare case of a 77-year-old man with a known left inguinal hernia presenting with groin pain following a blunt trauma of the left leg. Diagnosis of small bowel perforation away from the hernia was obtained only in surgery. Difficulty in preoperative diagnosis, rarity of histologic pattern, and surgical challenges make this case very interesting for surgeons and radiologists. Our conclusion upon dealing with the situation is that the diagnosis of small bowel perforation following blunt injury to a non-abdominal trauma is rare and difficult. The association between inguinal hernia and non-abdominal trauma may result in small bowel injuries that normally do not appear. Therefore, clinicians should be cautious in treating non-abdominal trauma patients with inguinal hernias. |
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case report hernia small bowel perforation surgery misdiagnosis |
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