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. 2022;13(6):492-494.
doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.094.

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia: a rare and often missed diagnosis in blunt trauma

Sohil Pothiawala  1 , Sunder Balasubramaniam  1 , Mujeeb Taib  1 , Savitha Bhagvan  1
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Traumatic abdominal wall hernia: a rare and often missed diagnosis in blunt trauma

Sohil Pothiawala et al. World J Emerg Med. 2022.
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Figure 1
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis showing a left lateral abdominal wall defect with herniation of multiple small bowel loops in the subcutaneous tissue (marked with arrow).
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