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Computed tomography image showing dilation of the small bowel. The arrow indicates that a small intestinal caliber change is present behind the cecum (a: horizontal image, b: coronal image).
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CT imaging. CT imaging also revealed a dilation of the small bowel in the right lower abdomen, and the cecal colon was displaced inward (Fig. 1).
Intraoperative findings showing incarceration of the ileum in the retrocecal fossa.
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Intraoperative findings revealed that a part of the small bowel was incarcerated within the retrocecal recess and the intestinal tract was strangulated in the hernia orifice, thereby confirming retrocecal hernia (Fig. 2).