Grynfeltt lumbar hernia mimicking recurrent renal colic in a young woman: A case report
Habib Bellamlih, Soufiane Belabbes, Brahim Zinoun, Taoufik Africha · 2026
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Habib Bellamlih and colleagues present a 2026 case report about flank pain that was not kidney stone pain. Their patient was a 32-year-old woman with repeated attacks of left lower back pain over fifteen days. The pain felt like renal colic, the cramping pain of a kidney stone, and she had passed a stone on the other side before.
Scans instead showed a lumbar hernia of the Grynfeltt type, where tissue pushes through a weak spot in the back wall of the belly. Such hernias make up under 2 percent of belly hernias and are easy to miss. The authors stress that this rare hernia belongs in the thinking for lasting or odd flank pain, and that CT scanning settles the question early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Habib Bellamlih, Soufiane Belabbes, Brahim Zinoun, Taoufik Africha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14095 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |