[A woman with severe abdominal pain and endometriosis in the past]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2017:161:D950.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman came to the emergency department with severe pain in the right upper abdomen. Her medical history mentioned a low anterior resection 8 years ago because of severe endometriosis. The CT scan showed a ruptured right hemidiaphragm with herniation of the small intestine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Hernia, Hiatal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*