[An elderly woman with abdominal pain]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2011;155(34):A2252.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 89-year-old woman came to the hospital with abdominal pain, vomiting and melaena. A CT-scan showed the complaints were caused by a hernia obturatoria incarcerata. After surgery the woman recovered uneventfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Hernia, Obturator / complications*
  • Hernia, Obturator / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Vomiting / diagnosis
  • Vomiting / etiology*