Open Access"An unfortunate trip": small bowel perforation in a patient with an undiagnosed inguinal hernia following minor blunt trauma
Author(s) -
Erica Jolly,
J. Bromilow,
Angus Wood
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.07.2009.2052
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , laparotomy , surgery , abdominal trauma , blunt trauma , perforation , inguinal hernia , emergency department , general surgery , penetrating trauma , hernia , bowel resection , punching , materials science , psychiatry , metallurgy
Small bowel perforation due to blunt abdominal trauma associated with inguinal hernia is uncommon. An 80-year-old woman presented to the emergency department following a simple fall and had developed a traumatic perforation of the proximal ileum likely secondary to an undiagnosed inguinal hernia. Following this minor blunt trauma she recovered after an emergency laparotomy and bowel resection.