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BWH emergency radiology—surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury

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We present a case of a young man who fell off his motorbike 2 days before presentation to the hospital with a complaint of gastrointestinal upset and abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a right-sided traumatic spigelian hernia and an ascending colon injury necessitating operative repair of both.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Naman S. Desai, Aaron D. Sodickson & Bharti Khurana

  2. Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medial School, Boston, MA, USA

    Alexander A. Gates & Jonathan D. Gates

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Gates, A.A., Desai, N.S., Sodickson, A.D. et al. BWH emergency radiology—surgical correlation: traumatic spigelian hernia with right colonic injury. Emerg Radiol 22, 709–711 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-015-1321-x

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