Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction

Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a common cause of acute abdominal pain that brings patients to the emergency department. One of the main causes is adhesion in the abdomen after abdominal surgery, but rarer causes exist and are a diagnostic challenge due to the similarity of the presenting sympt...

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Autores principales: Gaspar, Daniela, Constantino, Júlio, Sá, Milene, Casimiro, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8788221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab596
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author Gaspar, Daniela
Constantino, Júlio
Sá, Milene
Casimiro, Carlos
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Constantino, Júlio
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Casimiro, Carlos
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description Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a common cause of acute abdominal pain that brings patients to the emergency department. One of the main causes is adhesion in the abdomen after abdominal surgery, but rarer causes exist and are a diagnostic challenge due to the similarity of the presenting symptoms. Here, we present a case of intestinal obstruction caused by diaphragmatic hernia.
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spelling pubmed-87882212022-01-26 Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction Gaspar, Daniela Constantino, Júlio Sá, Milene Casimiro, Carlos J Surg Case Rep Case Report Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a common cause of acute abdominal pain that brings patients to the emergency department. One of the main causes is adhesion in the abdomen after abdominal surgery, but rarer causes exist and are a diagnostic challenge due to the similarity of the presenting symptoms. Here, we present a case of intestinal obstruction caused by diaphragmatic hernia. Oxford University Press 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8788221/ /pubmed/35087654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab596 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Gaspar, Daniela
Constantino, Júlio
Sá, Milene
Casimiro, Carlos
Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title_full Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title_fullStr Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title_short Diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
title_sort diaphragmatic hernia as a rare cause of bowel obstruction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8788221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab596
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