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'''Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia''' is a herniation of abdominal contents through the back, specifically through the [[superior lumbar triangle]], which is defined by the [[quadratus lumborum muscle]], twelfth rib, and [[internal oblique muscle]].

==History==
Grynfeltt described a hernia through the superior lumbar triangle in 1866 (Grynfeltt, 1866). In 1870, Lesshaft independently reported a similar case (Lesshaft, 1870). 

==References==
* Grynfeltt, J.: La Hernie Lombaire. Montpellier Med., 16:329, 1866.
* Lesshaft, P.: Die Lumbalgegend in Anat. Chirurgischer Hinsicht. Arch. f. Anat. u. Physiol. u. Wissensch., Med. Leipzig, 37:264, 1870.

[[Category:Hernias]]
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