Inguinal hernia CT
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name].
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[Location] CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
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There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name]. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].
CT scan
- Pelvic CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of inguinal hernia. Findings on CT scan suggestive of inguinal hernia include:
- Defect in the abdominal wall muscles
- Appearance of bowel loops within the lesion
- Exaggeration of the lesion on straining the abdominal wall muscles and reducibility by pressure