The segment of intestine was reduced and the hernial defect was closed.
Paracolic gutter hernia.
Pericaecal hernia is a rare type of internal hernia.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
We describe this case including its imaging features.
The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
Internal hernias are an infrequent cause of small bowel obstruction 1.
A pericecal hernia is a typical form of internal hernia and can be divided into 4 types.
Transomental hernia approximately 1 to 4 of internal hernias occur through defects in the greater omentum.
Surgeons should be aware of this paracecal hernia type when they encounter the internal hernia.
Paracecal hernia due to membranous adhesion of the omentum to the right paracolic gutter abstract.
A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon.
Epidemiology it accounts for only 6 13 of internal abdominal hernias.
A defect in this structure may allow small bowel herniation into the left paracolic gutter causing medial displacement of the descending colon.
Clinical presentation clinical symptoms are often characterized by episodes of intense lower abdominal pain like a co.
Paracecal hernia due to membranous adhesion of the omentum to the right paracolic gutter.
Superior ileocecal recess inferior ileocecal recess retrocecal recess and paracolic sulcus.
A loop of ileum was found to enter the retroperitoneum through a hernia gate which was located lateral to the sigmoid colon in the left paracolic gutter.
The left medial paracolic gutter.
Our finding represents an extremely rare variant of retroperitoneal hernias.
Paracecal hernias also known as pericecal hernias are an exceptionally rare type of internal hernia.