Dynamic ultrasound with postural change facilitated the detection of an incisional hernia in a case with negative MRI findings

Patcharaporn WongsithichaiKe Vin ChangChen Yu HungTyng Guey WangMahidol UniversityNational Taiwan University Hospital2018-11-232018-11-232015-09-11Journal of Ultrasound. Vol.18, No.3 (2015), 279-28118767931197134952-s2.0-84938791640https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/36330© 2014, Società Italiana di Ultrasonologia in Medicina e Biologia (SIUMB). Incisional hernias commonly develop after abdominal surgeries with a lower incidence in patients receiving laparoscopy. Diagnosis through a non-surgical approach is usually made by computed tomography or magnetic resonance images (MRI) but both image modalities require patients to be examined in a supine position. We reported a case noticing a mass over her right lower abdomen after a laparoscopic liver segmentectomy with negative findings of hernia on MRI. A hernia sac was found by ultrasound with the patient being standing, highlighting the utility of dynamic ultrasound with postural change in investigation of incisional hernias.Mahidol UniversityMedicineDynamic ultrasound with postural change facilitated the detection of an incisional hernia in a case with negative MRI findingsArticleSCOPUS10.1007/s40477-014-0146-x