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Handlebar hernia: a case report

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A 36-year-old man fell from his bicycle and struck his lower abdomen on the end of the handlebar. Computed tomography (CT) showed a small bowel loop protruding into the subcutaneous fat layer of the abdominal wall. We present this case of handlebar hernia, a rare type of traumatic abdominal wall hernia, and the usefulness of CT in diagnosing such injuries.

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  1. Department of Radiology, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    Daisuke Okamoto, Hitoshi Aibe, Kanehiro Hasuo & Yoshitaka Shida

  2. Department of Surgery, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshihiro Edamoto

  3. Department of Clinical Radiology, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    Daisuke Okamoto

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Okamoto, D., Aibe, H., Hasuo, K. et al. Handlebar hernia: a case report. Emerg Radiol 13, 213–215 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-006-0537-1

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