The linea arcuata hernia: a report of two cases

Two male patients presented to the surgical outpatient clinic with a paramedian abdominal bulge. In the first patient, the hardly known diagnosis linea arcuata hernia (LAH) had been missed at a previous exploration 8 years ago. In the second patient, pre-operative imaging showed an abdominal wall he...

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Published inHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 207 - 209
Main Authors von Meyenfeldt, E. M., van Keulen, E. M., Eerenberg, J. P., Hendriks, E. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Paris Springer-Verlag 01.04.2010
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abdominal Surgery
Adult
Case Report
Diagnosis, Differential
Hernia, Abdominal - diagnosis
Hernia, Abdominal - surgery
Humans
Laparoscopy
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Surgical Mesh
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Hernia
Abdominal wall
Arcuate line
Mesh repair
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Summary:Two male patients presented to the surgical outpatient clinic with a paramedian abdominal bulge. In the first patient, the hardly known diagnosis linea arcuata hernia (LAH) had been missed at a previous exploration 8 years ago. In the second patient, pre-operative imaging showed an abdominal wall hernia. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed an LAH. In both cases, the hernia was repaired with a mesh graft.
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ISSN:1265-4906
1248-9204
DOI:10.1007/s10029-009-0526-x