Case report reveals small bowel obstruction due to obturator hernia in metastatic breast cancer, indicating diagnostic challenges.
Obturator hernia is a rare type of pelvic hernia which generally occurs in elderly patients with accompanying diseases. It is associated with the highest mobidity and mortality of all abdominal wall hernias. Early surgical intervention is usually hindered because of clinical and radiological diagnostic difficulties
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