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CASE 51

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History: A 77-year-old woman with Crohn’s disease and previous jejunal and colorectal resection presents with symptoms that suggest mild active inflammatory disease.

1. Which of the following should be included in the differential diagnosis of the imaging finding in figure A? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Inguinal hernia

B. Parastomal hernia

C. Spigelian hernia

D. Umbilical hernia

E. Ventral hernia

2. This is a spigelian hernia. Through which anatomic area does this hernia pass?

A. Linea alba

B. Linea semilunaris

C. Rectus abdominus

D. Transversalis abdominus

3. What is the unusual type of hernia that contains only a portion of a loop of bowel wall and not the entire lumen?

A. Littre’s hernia

B. Petit hernia

C. Richter’s hernia

D. Valsalva hernia

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