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Small bowel obstruction related to left-side paraduodenal hernia: CT findings

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The role of computed tomography in the evaluation of patients with small bowel obstruction has been extensively described in the current literature. We report a rare case of small bowel obstruction related to a surgically proved left-side paraduodenal hernia detected on abdominal computed tomography.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

    A. Osadchy, N. Weisenberg, M. Shapiro-Feinberg & R. Zissin

  2. Department of Surgery “B”, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

    Y. Wiener

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Osadchy, A., Weisenberg, N., Wiener, Y. et al. Small bowel obstruction related to left-side paraduodenal hernia: CT findings. Abdom Imaging 30, 53–55 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-004-0248-6

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