When rarity meets emergency: obturator hernia with incarcerated small bowel loop
Gianluca Mascianà, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Tommaso Farolfi, Fausto D’Agostino, Valentina Miacci, Alessandro Costa, Filippo Carannante, Autilia De Simone, Vincenzo Canalella, Vincenzo Schiavone · 2026
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Description
Gianluca Mascianà and nine co-authors report a hernia so rare and so quiet that it nearly hid until it strangled, in this 2026 case report. An 89-year-old woman arrived with acute pelvic pain shooting into her right leg and bilious vomiting. Obturator hernias slip through a small pelvic canal, strike mostly elderly thin women, and announce themselves with exactly such vague signs.
Contrast CT found it: a right-sided obturator hernia with a loop of small bowel trapped inside, the bowel obstructed and possibly starving. Emergency surgery followed, and her recovery went well. The authors use the case to preach a discipline. In an elderly woman with unexplained bowel obstruction, this diagnosis belongs on the list early. CT can settle it in minutes, and delay is what kills, through strangulation and dead bowel. Rarity, they argue, is no excuse for lateness.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gianluca Mascianà, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Tommaso Farolfi, Fausto D’Agostino, Valentina Miacci, Alessandro Costa, Filippo Carannante, Autilia De Simone, Vincenzo Canalella, Vincenzo Schiavone |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |