A Case of Congenital Lumbar Hernia.
- Author:
Byung Ky LEE
1
;
Hae Young KIM
;
Yong Hoon CHO
;
Jae Hong PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. jhongpark@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital lumbar hernia;
Superior lumbar hernia
- MeSH:
Classification;
Hernia*;
Humans;
Male;
Ribs
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2007;10(2):211-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
An lumbar hernia is a rare clinical disease entity thatarises from the superior or inferior lumbar triangle and presents as a reducible protruding mass in the flank region between twelfth rib and the iliac crest. There are two classifications one classification is a congenital or acquired hernia according to the occurrence timing and the other classification is a superior (Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia) or inferior (Petit's hernia) lumbar hernia according to the anatomical location. Approximately 10% of all lumbar hernias are congenital and the vast majority of them are unilateral. We report here a case of a congenital lumbar hernia through the superior lumbar triangle of Grynfeltt-Lesshaft without any other congenital anomalies or complications in a four-month-old male. It was treated successfully with a surgical repair.
