case_images: PMC11401737_01
case_images: CT abdomen-pelvis imaging: (a-e) axial slices, demonstrating the TAWH containing both small and large bowels.
case_images: CRIS2024-4408980.001.jpg
case_images: PMC11401737_01_CRIS2024-4408980.001.jpg
case_images: fig1
case_images: According to our centre protocol for road traffic accidents and polytrauma patients, the following are ordered: a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) in the emergency department showed minimal abdominal fluid and was negative for pericardium and pelvic fluid, as well as chest, abdomen, and pelvic CT scans with IV contrast showed a disruption of the left lateral abdominal wall muscles and the left rectus abdominis muscle with retraction, creating a large defect (up to 15 cm), through which the small bowel, sigmoid, and greater omentum herniate (Figures 1-3), suggesting a traumatic abdominal wall hernia.
case_images: CT abdomen-pelvis imaging: (a, b) coronal slices, demonstrating the TAWH containing both small and large bowels.
case_images: CRIS2024-4408980.002.jpg
case_images: PMC11401737_01_CRIS2024-4408980.002.jpg
case_images: fig2
case_images: According to our centre protocol for road traffic accidents and polytrauma patients, the following are ordered: a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) in the emergency department showed minimal abdominal fluid and was negative for pericardium and pelvic fluid, as well as chest, abdomen, and pelvic CT scans with IV contrast showed a disruption of the left lateral abdominal wall muscles and the left rectus abdominis muscle with retraction, creating a large defect (up to 15 cm), through which the small bowel, sigmoid, and greater omentum herniate (Figures 1-3), suggesting a traumatic abdominal wall hernia.
case_images: CT abdomen-pelvis imaging: (a-c) lateral slices, demonstrating the TAWH.
case_images: CRIS2024-4408980.003.jpg
case_images: PMC11401737_01_CRIS2024-4408980.003.jpg
case_images: fig3
case_images: According to our centre protocol for road traffic accidents and polytrauma patients, the following are ordered: a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) in the emergency department showed minimal abdominal fluid and was negative for pericardium and pelvic fluid, as well as chest, abdomen, and pelvic CT scans with IV contrast showed a disruption of the left lateral abdominal wall muscles and the left rectus abdominis muscle with retraction, creating a large defect (up to 15 cm), through which the small bowel, sigmoid, and greater omentum herniate (Figures 1-3), suggesting a traumatic abdominal wall hernia.
case_images: PMC11401737_02
case_images: PMC11401737_03