Obturator hernia in an elderly woman presenting with aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure

Jia Ming Wang, Po Chou Lin, Wei Chan Lin, Jiun I. Lai, Yi Chun Lai, Shih Chieh Chang*

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Obturator hernia is a rare but important cause of intestinal obstruction. The mortality rate is high if the diagnosis is not made early and surgical intervention is delayed. We report an 88-year-old female patient who presented with aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure. She did not have nausea/vomiting and physical examination was unremarkable. She was fed through a nasogastric tube, but no gastric emptying was noted. An abdominal/pelvic computed tomograpy (CT) scan performed 5 days after the presentation revealed a left incarcerated obturator hernia. Emergency laparotomy was performed and the patient eventually recovered. This case reminds us that aspiration pneumonia may be the presenting feature of obturator hernia and a clue to its early diagnosis.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)177-179
頁數3
期刊International Journal of Gerontology
5
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 9月 2011

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