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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-64781
ABSTRACT
A 75-year-old woman presented with a painful abdominal lump. Clinically and sonographically it was diagnosed as an abscess. Surgical exploration revealed a Spigelian hernia with Richter's type of strangulation. The strangulated portion of the ileum had perforated, leading to abscess formation.