Abdominal #5 – Long case

88-years-old female:
* Presents with acute abdominal pain and pain the right groin
* On clinical examination mass in the right groin
* Slightly elevated inflammatory parameters. Continue on next slide for coronal views.

What do you see?

Right-sided obstructed inguinal herniation with small bowel trapped. Mechanic small bowel ileus. As a coincidence Meckel’s diverticulum (not herniated). Engorgement mesentery but still normal enhancing bowel walls, no direct signs of bowel ischemia yet.


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