Report of a Case and Review of Literature of Internal Hernia through Peritoneal Defect in Pouch of Douglas: A Rare Occurrence

Intestinal obstruction attributable to internal hernia as a cause is a rare phenomenon with a reported incidence of 0.6%–5.8%. Internal hernias ensuing as a result of defect in the pouch of Douglas is extremely rare with only six such cases reported so far in the literature. We present a case of 74-...

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Autores principales: Muthukumar, Vamseedharan, Venugopal, Sarveswaran, Subramaniam, Surees Kumar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904922
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_297_16
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description Intestinal obstruction attributable to internal hernia as a cause is a rare phenomenon with a reported incidence of 0.6%–5.8%. Internal hernias ensuing as a result of defect in the pouch of Douglas is extremely rare with only six such cases reported so far in the literature. We present a case of 74-year-old posthysterectomy status female who presented with features of intestinal obstruction. Intraoperatively, the site of obstruction was found to be a rent in the peritoneum of the pouch of Douglas through which a loop of ileum was found herniating. The viability of the bowel was confirmed, and the defect was closed. The postoperative course was uneventful. This report presents an extremely rare type of internal hernia caused by defect in the pouch of Douglas and review of the literature so far available.
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spelling pubmed-55903852017-09-13 Report of a Case and Review of Literature of Internal Hernia through Peritoneal Defect in Pouch of Douglas: A Rare Occurrence Muthukumar, Vamseedharan Venugopal, Sarveswaran Subramaniam, Surees Kumar Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Intestinal obstruction attributable to internal hernia as a cause is a rare phenomenon with a reported incidence of 0.6%–5.8%. Internal hernias ensuing as a result of defect in the pouch of Douglas is extremely rare with only six such cases reported so far in the literature. We present a case of 74-year-old posthysterectomy status female who presented with features of intestinal obstruction. Intraoperatively, the site of obstruction was found to be a rent in the peritoneum of the pouch of Douglas through which a loop of ileum was found herniating. The viability of the bowel was confirmed, and the defect was closed. The postoperative course was uneventful. This report presents an extremely rare type of internal hernia caused by defect in the pouch of Douglas and review of the literature so far available. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5590385/ /pubmed/28904922 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_297_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Report of a Case and Review of Literature of Internal Hernia through Peritoneal Defect in Pouch of Douglas: A Rare Occurrence
title_full_unstemmed Report of a Case and Review of Literature of Internal Hernia through Peritoneal Defect in Pouch of Douglas: A Rare Occurrence
title_short Report of a Case and Review of Literature of Internal Hernia through Peritoneal Defect in Pouch of Douglas: A Rare Occurrence
title_sort report of a case and review of literature of internal hernia through peritoneal defect in pouch of douglas: a rare occurrence
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590385/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_297_16
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