Intestinal obstruction is a common surgical emergency. Transmesenteric hernia is an unusual cause of bowel obstruction that may result in irreversible damage of the bowel and a fatal outcome. Once incarceration of the bowel occurs, strangulation and gangrene follow immediately. The mortality rate associated with this condition is about 15%, but in the presence of gangrene of the bowel, the mortality rate is more than 50%. An accurate preoperative diagnosis of a transmesenteric hernia is very difficult and rarely made. Therefore, in patients with small bowel obstruction, in the absence of a history of previous surgery to suggest adhesions or an external hernia, the possibility of a transmesenteric hernia must be considered. We describe a case with gangrene of a long segment of the small bowel caused by a transmesenteric hernia through a large defect of small bowel mesentery in a child.
Child ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Gangrene ; Hernia/complications/*diagnosis/radiography ; Humans ; Ileal Diseases/*diagnosis/radiography/surgery ; Intestinal Obstruction/etiology/radiography ; Intestine, Small/*pathology/surgery ; Mesentery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Abdominal Pain/etiology ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde/*adverse effects ; Female ; Humans ; Ileal Diseases/etiology/radiography/surgery ; Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology/radiography/surgery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Treatment Outcome