Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant

Transomental hernias (TOHs) are a rare finding, constituting a fraction of all intestinal hernias. Here, we report the cadaveric discovery of a spontaneous TOH involving the sigmoid colon in an 82-year-old female and discuss the relevant literature. To our knowledge, a TOH involving the sigmoid colo...

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Autores principales: Andrea, Andrea, Tran, Vy, Schmidt, Cameron K, Fisahn, Christian, Iwanaga, Joe, Oskouian, Rod J, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680782
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1294
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author Andrea, Andrea
Tran, Vy
Schmidt, Cameron K
Fisahn, Christian
Iwanaga, Joe
Oskouian, Rod J
Tubbs, R. Shane
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description Transomental hernias (TOHs) are a rare finding, constituting a fraction of all intestinal hernias. Here, we report the cadaveric discovery of a spontaneous TOH involving the sigmoid colon in an 82-year-old female and discuss the relevant literature. To our knowledge, a TOH involving the sigmoid colon has not been previously reported.
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spelling pubmed-54934572017-07-05 Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant Andrea, Andrea Tran, Vy Schmidt, Cameron K Fisahn, Christian Iwanaga, Joe Oskouian, Rod J Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus General Surgery Transomental hernias (TOHs) are a rare finding, constituting a fraction of all intestinal hernias. Here, we report the cadaveric discovery of a spontaneous TOH involving the sigmoid colon in an 82-year-old female and discuss the relevant literature. To our knowledge, a TOH involving the sigmoid colon has not been previously reported. Cureus 2017-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5493457/ /pubmed/28680782 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1294 Text en Copyright © 2017, Andrea et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Andrea, Andrea
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Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant
title Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant
title_full Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant
title_fullStr Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant
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title_short Internal Hernia of the Greater Omentum: Cadaveric Findings of a Previously Unreported Variant
title_sort internal hernia of the greater omentum: cadaveric findings of a previously unreported variant
topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493457/
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