Usefulness of dynamic ultrasound in the diagnosis of epigastric herniation of stomach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Abdominal wall hernia contents usually consist of omental or mesenteric fat or loops of small or large bowel. Gastric involvement has been only rarely reported.

Case report

We present a case of a 62-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital due to epigastric pain and vomiting. On physical examination, the only observed abnormality was a soft, painless, epigastric bulge located in the upper midline. Based on the clinical presentation, the patient was diagnosed with a probable epigastric hernia. Dynamic ultrasound evaluation of the palpable bulge confirmed the presence of epigastric hernia demonstrating the movement of abdominal contents through a large wall defect. Surprisingly, the herniated contents were found to contain also the anterior wall of the dist

SUBMITTER: Corvino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058391 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature