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  • Title: [A case of herniation through a defect in the falciform ligament at late pregnancy].
    Author: Sato N, Miki T, Toyonaga T, Konomi H, Ishimitsu T, Nagafuchi K, Matsumoto S, Kawakami K.
    Journal: Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1996 Sep; 97(9):787-90. PubMed ID: 8940691.
    Abstract:
    A very rare case of small bowel strangulation caused by herniation of a loop of ileum through a defect in the falciform ligament is reported. A 27-year-old woman in the 38 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy was admitted with a sudden onset of epigastralgia. Emergency laparotomy with cesarean section was performed. A strangulated loop of ileum was found to pass through a defect in the falciform ligament. The ligamentum teres was divided to release the obstruction and the irreversible strangulated loop was resected. The strangulation was considered to have occurred because a loop of small bowel compressed by gestational uterus passed through a congenital defect in the falciform ligament.
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