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Internal hernia of the transverse colon

A new syndrome

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

A unique abdominal internal hernia is decribed. A 30-year-old man suffered intestinal obstruction and strangulation due to incarceration of the transverse colon in the subphrenic space. This phenomenon is contrasted with Chilaiditi's syndrome (hepatodiaphragmatic interposition).

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, NP9 2UB, Gwent, Wales, Great Britain

    G. A. Pritchard B.M., F.R.C.S. (Eng.) & J. M. Price-Thomas M.B., F.R.C.S. (Eng.)

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Pritchard, G.A., Price-Thomas, J.M. Internal hernia of the transverse colon. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 657–658 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02560331

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