Incarcerated Small Bowel Herniation in a Stoma Mimicking Sigmoid End Colostomy Prolapse.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A stoma prolapse is easy to diagnose by visual examination, and it rarely incarcerates. Therefore, manual reduction is usually performed as soon as the diagnosis is made. In this report, we describe a case of stoma prolapse that could not be reduced manually and ruptured because an incarcerated parastomal hernia occurred in the stoma, mimicking stoma prolapse.

Case presentation

A 66-year-old woman underwent total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy, omentectomy, resection of dissemination, and low anterior resection with formation of a sigmoid end colostomy for endometrial cancer with infiltration of the rectum. Fourteen months after the initial operation, she presented with stoma prolapse and multiple episodes o

SUBMITTER: Abe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798682 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature