Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

Case Presentation: An 88-year-old man was brought to our emergency department due to altered mental status and hemodynamic shock due to a urinary tract infection. Computed tomography showed an incarcerated ureter in the Petit triangle. Urology was consulted, and the hernia was reduced back into the retroperitoneal cavity.

Discussion: Petit hernia is rare; moreover, there is no literature to our knowledge discussing the ureter as the herniated structure. Interventional radiology can be considered as a reductive option.