CT-scan diagnosis of bilateral obturator hernias in a patient with chronic chylous ascites.

Bilateral obturator hernias were diagnosed in a 61-year-old woman by CT-scan examination, permitting an elective surgical repair by preperitoneal interposition of Teflon mesh. The condition developed in a patient presenting with a 15-year history of chylous ascites, occasioned by primary hypoplasia of the lymphatic system and cirrhosis of the liver.