CT of Internal Hernia Through a Peritoneal Defect of the Pouch of Douglas
Yutaka Inoue1,2,
Takashi Shibata3 and
Takeshi Ishida1
1 Department of Radiology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, 4-14-1 Shibahara-Cho,
Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0055, Japan.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Sakai City Hospital, 1-1-1
Minamiyasui-cho Sakai, Osaka 590-0064, Japan.
3 Department of Surgery, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka 560-0055,
Japan.

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Fig. 1A. 80-year-old woman who presented with small-bowel obstruction
and herniation of small-bowel loops in pouch of Douglas. CT scan of abdomen
shows dilatation of small-bowel loops and decompressed colon.
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Fig. 1B. 80-year-old woman who presented with small-bowel obstruction
and herniation of small-bowel loops in pouch of Douglas. CT scan obtained at
level of pelvic floor shows cluster of collapsed small-bowel loops
(arrows) in peritoneal pocket below pouch of Douglas between rectum
(arrowhead) and uterine cervix (star).
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Fig. 1C. 80-year-old woman who presented with small-bowel obstruction
and herniation of small-bowel loops in pouch of Douglas. Enteroclysis
performed through long intestinal tube discloses abrupt narrowing (large
arrow) of small bowel and cluster of small-bowel loops (small
arrows) in peritoneal pocket anterior to air (arrowheads) in
rectum.
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