Asuquo Maurice E, Nwagbara Victor I C, Ifere Michael O
Department of Surgery, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
Int J Surg Case Rep. 2011;2(8):243-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.07.008. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
Epigastric hernia is a rare form of ventral abdominal hernia. When neglected it can attain an impressive size causing it un-aesthetic effect in addition to diagnostic difficulties.
Presented is a 60-year-old female farmer with a 10-year history of a voluminous mass in the anterior abdominal wall.
Surgery revealed an epigastric hernia presenting as an interparietal hernia. The hernia was an omentocele with a grossly distended hernia sac filled with about 2.5 l of serous fluid. No similar case has been found in the medical literature.
Epigastric hernia can attain voluminous dimensions and present as a non-inguinal interparietal hernia.
上腹疝是腹前壁疝的一种罕见类型。若被忽视，它可能会长得很大，不仅会造成不美观的影响，还会增加诊断难度。
本文报告一名60岁女性农民，其腹壁前部有一个巨大肿物，病史长达10年。
手术发现是一例表现为间位疝的上腹疝。该疝为网膜疝，疝囊明显扩张，充满约2.5升浆液性液体。医学文献中未发现类似病例。
上腹疝可发展为巨大型，并表现为非腹股沟间位疝。
