RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL REPAIR OF A SCIATIC HERNIA - REPORT OF A CASE

We report the case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with a reducib le painless swelling in her left buttock, The mass was preoperatively diagnosed as a sciatic hernia by herniography, which showed the perito neal sac through the sciatic foramen, and by enterography, intravenous pyelography, and cystography, which demonstrated that the small intes tine and urinary bladder had herniated into the sac. The diagnosis and management of this patient are described, followed by a review of the literature on sciatic hernias.