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Using CT to Diagnose Traumatic Lumbar Hernia

¹ Department of Radiology, Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 22 S. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201-1595.
² Department of Radiology, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
³ Department of Radiology, Riverside Regional Medical Center, 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to determine the CT findings of traumatic lumbar hernia in 15 patients and to discuss the mechanism and treatment of injury.

CONCLUSION. CT can reveal traumatic lumbar hernia and show both the anatomy of disrupted muscular layers and the presence of herniated intraabdominal viscera or retroperitoneal fat.

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