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Small bowel obstruction due to a paracecal hernia: computerized tomography diagnosis

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The role of computerized tomography (CT) in evaluating patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO) has been extensively described in the current literature. We report a rare case of SBO related to a surgically proven paracecal hernia, diagnosed on an abdominal CT scan preoperatively.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Meir hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

    Alexandra Osadchy & Rivka Zissin

  2. Department of Surgery “A,” Meir hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

    Andrei Keidar

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Osadchy, A., Keidar, A. & Zissin, R. Small bowel obstruction due to a paracecal hernia: computerized tomography diagnosis. Emerg Radiol 11, 239–241 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-004-0397-5

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