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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2021; 07(03): e209-e211
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733832
Case Report

A Unique Case of Small Bowel Internal Hernia and Volvulus Caused by a Hamartoma

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  • Charif Khaled 

    1   Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

  • Michel Akl 

    2   Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

  • Toufic Moussallem

    3   Department of General Surgery, General and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Sacred Heart Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Funding None.
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Abstract

This study depicts the case of a young female presenting with intestinal obstruction. Surgery uncovered a small bowel hamartoma that has caused a transmesenteric internal hernia and volvulus. As far as we know, this is unheard of before, as all three mentioned entities are very rare. The study also covers a literature review of cases of internal hernia with volvulus and stresses over the need for urgent diagnosis and management.

Keywords

internal hernia - small bowel - volvulus - closed-loop obstruction - hamartoma - neoplasm


Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 16. Oktober 2020

Angenommen: 07. April 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
17. August 2021

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