Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A 2-week wait referral diagnosed with poststernotomy liver herniation in a background of adrenal myelolipoma. |
| Authors: |
Oyewole, Bankole, Boshnaq, Mohamed, Yaktien, Mohammed, Ahmed, Shabbir |
| Source: |
BMJ Case Reports; 7/25/2019, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p1-4, 4p, 5 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph |
| Abstract: |
Herniation of the liver through the anterior abdominal wall is a rare post-sternotomy complication. A 32-yearold woman had a 2-week wait referral due to abdominal pain, weight loss and upper abdominal swelling. She was known to have a left adrenal myelolipoma and had a mitral valve replacement 3 years prior to presentation with the postoperative period complicated by sepsis and poor wound healing. She had recently been started on metformin for type 2 diabetes mellitus and she had long-standing lower abdominal symptoms known to the gynaecology team. Investigations revealed hepatic herniation of liver segments II & III through the anterior abdominal wall while there was no underlying malignancy a benign left adrenal myelolipoma was noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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