Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation

An umbilical hernia, although considered a benign condition of childhood, may rarely manifest with serious complications such as incarceration and viscous organ strangulation. One such case is presented in this report in an attempt to enrich the current literature, due to the relative lack of data i...

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Autores principales: Kepertis, Chrysostomos, Tsopozidi, Maria, Anastasiadis, Kleanthis, Godosis, Dimitrios, Demiri, Charikleia, Spyridakis, Ioannis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pediatric12030017
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author Kepertis, Chrysostomos
Tsopozidi, Maria
Anastasiadis, Kleanthis
Godosis, Dimitrios
Demiri, Charikleia
Spyridakis, Ioannis
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description An umbilical hernia, although considered a benign condition of childhood, may rarely manifest with serious complications such as incarceration and viscous organ strangulation. One such case is presented in this report in an attempt to enrich the current literature, due to the relative lack of data in regard to complicated umbilical hernias in children and definite guidelines regarding the monitoring and management of uncomplicated cases. In addition, we discuss some of the latest advancements concerning the matter at issue.
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spelling pubmed-77176612020-12-05 Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation Kepertis, Chrysostomos Tsopozidi, Maria Anastasiadis, Kleanthis Godosis, Dimitrios Demiri, Charikleia Spyridakis, Ioannis Pediatr Rep Case Report An umbilical hernia, although considered a benign condition of childhood, may rarely manifest with serious complications such as incarceration and viscous organ strangulation. One such case is presented in this report in an attempt to enrich the current literature, due to the relative lack of data in regard to complicated umbilical hernias in children and definite guidelines regarding the monitoring and management of uncomplicated cases. In addition, we discuss some of the latest advancements concerning the matter at issue. MDPI 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7717661/ /pubmed/33114140 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pediatric12030017 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title_full Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title_fullStr Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title_full_unstemmed Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title_short Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia in a 14-Month-Old Female: A Rare Case of Bowel Strangulation
title_sort incarcerated umbilical hernia in a 14-month-old female: a rare case of bowel strangulation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pediatric12030017
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