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Case Reports
. 1999 Apr;75(882):231-2.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.231.

Lumbar hernia: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction

I G Hide  1 , E E Pike, R Uberoi
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Lumbar hernia: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction

I G Hide et al. Postgrad Med J. 1999 Apr.

Abstract

We describe a 70-year-old woman presenting with large bowel obstruction secondary to incarceration of the mid descending colon within a lumbar hernia. This was diagnosed on barium enema and successfully treated surgically.

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