- paraduodenal hernia
- an intra-abdominal hernia in which the small intestine rotates incompletely during development and becomes trapped within the mesentery of the colon. Called also mesentericoparietal or mesocolic h.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
paraduodenal hernia
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