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Leonard C. Doubleday, MD

JAMA. 1982;247(17):2407-2408.

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History

A 52-year-old woman experienced sudden pain in her right groin while feeding bales of hay to cattle. A tender swelling appeared in her right groin 48 hours later. One week later she saw her family physician because of reddened swelling in the groin. The swelling was assumed to represent an abscess and was incised. Fecal drainage developed from the site of the incision. Three weeks later the patient was admitted to the hospital and a barium enema examination was performed (Fig 1 and 2).

Diagnosis

Richter's hernia of the cecum.

The barium enema examination demonstrated a knuckle of cecum (lateral margin) extending beneath the inguinal ligament to the site of the draining sinus. Figure 1 is a lateral roentgenogram demonstrating the intestinal-cutaneous fistula (arrows). Figure 2 is an anteroposterior roentgenogram showing knuckle of cecum herniated into the femoral canal (arrow).

Comment

A laparotomy was performed that established that the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas System Cancer Center, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas System Cancer Center, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Doubleday).

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