Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

ventral hernia

Synonyms
Definitions

A hernia caused by weakness of the anterior abdominal wall due to midline defects, previous incisions, or increased intra-abdominal pressure. Ventral hernias include umbilical hernia, incisional, epigastric, and spigelian hernias. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4917

Anatomical_Site

http://radlex.org/RID/RID30008

Definition

A hernia caused by weakness of the anterior abdominal wall due to midline defects, previous incisions, or increased intra-abdominal pressure. Ventral hernias include umbilical hernia, incisional, epigastric, and spigelian hernias. [MeSH]

label

RID4917

Preferred_name

ventral hernia

Preferred_name_German

Ventrale Hernie

prefixIRI

RID4917

UMLS_ID

C0019326

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4914

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