International Journal of Clinical & Medical Images

An 80-year-old female patient, with obesity and arterial hypertension, was admitted to our emergency department, for periumbilical pain and constipation in the last 6 days. She presented with abdominal distension and a large irreducible hernia in her right lower quadrant. She had an abdominal Computerized Tomography (CT) done that confirmed the clinical suspicion of a Spiegel hernia, containing colon and a large quantity of omentum (Figure 1). She underwent an urgent surgery (Figure 2): laparoplasty with a dual surface mesh, and was discharged home on the 4^th post-operative day. She remains asymptomatic, with no hernia relapse.

The diagnosis of this hernia requires a high suspicion index and the CT is the best imaging study for their characterization. The incarceration risk of this hernia is high. Thirty percent of these patients require an urgent surgery. Hence, surgery is recommended for all patients presenting with a Spiegel hernia.