Presentation
Patient with abdominal pain. Clinical concern over bowel obstruction.
Patient Data
Age: 55
Gender: Male
From the case:
Hernial mesh
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Numerous small 'spring-like' artifacts overlying the lower right anterior abdominal wall.
These are from part of a mesh hernia repair of the abdominal wall.
Case Discussion
Many different medical devices can be observed incidently on plain abdominal radiographs.
One of the most commonly identified is the artefact from some materials used in mesh hernia repairs of the abdominal wall.
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