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Combined transmesocolic and left paraduodenal hernia: barium, CT and MRI features.

Kandpal H, Sharma R, Saluja S, Sahni P, Vashisht S

Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India, raju152@yahoo.com.

Internal hernia is difficult to diagnose clinically because the symptoms are often non-specific. Although this entity is an uncommon cause of small-bowel obstruction, prompt diagnosis is essential for a favorable outcome. We report the barium, CT and MRI features of a rare case of non-obstructing combined transmesocolic and left paraduodenal hernia.

Published 7 November 2006 in Abdom Imaging.
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