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Case Reports
. 2006 Apr;49(2):129-30.

Radiology for the surgeon. Soft-tissue case 58: incarcerated Grynfeltt hernia

Simon S M Ng  1 , Nancy C Ng, Shirley Y W Liu, Janet F Y Lee
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Case Reports

Radiology for the surgeon. Soft-tissue case 58: incarcerated Grynfeltt hernia

Simon S M Ng et al. Can J Surg. 2006 Apr.
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FIG. 1. Photograph of left lumbar mass.
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FIG. 2. Plain radiographic image of the abdomen.
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FIG. 3. Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic image of the abdomen.
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FIG. 4. Plain radiographic image of the abdomen shows the absence of feces or gas distal to the mid-descending colon (arrow).
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FIG. 5. Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic image of the abdomen shows herniation of a short segment of descending colon and the adjacent pericolic fat through the superior lumbar triangle of Grynfeltt and Lesshaft to the left flank region (arrow).
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FIG. 6. Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic image of the abdomen shows the collapsed segment of distal descending colon, which was not opacified (arrow).
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