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Traumatic abdominal hernia caused by cough, presenting with intestinal obstruction

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A case of traumatic abdominal hernia is reported in a patient with a history of chronic cough. After a bout of coughing 3 months prior to her presentation, the patient developed a large herniation on the left lateral side of the abdomen. The patient presented with intestinal obstruction due to the herniation. A CT scanning confirmed the hernia and showed a peritoneal defect with herniation of most of the intestine on the left lateral side of the abdomen. An emergency midline laparotomy was performed, and the defect was corrected.

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  1. E. P. Lund

    Present address: , Silkeborggade 36 1tv, DK-2100 , Copenhagen, Denmark

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 , Herlev, Denmark

    E. P. Lund, M. Bergenfeldt & F. Burcharth

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Lund, E.P., Bergenfeldt, M. & Burcharth, F. Traumatic abdominal hernia caused by cough, presenting with intestinal obstruction. Hernia 8, 399–401 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-004-0249-y

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