Table 1.

Clinical features of internal hernia through a defect of the Pouch of Douglas in English literature.

Author (year)	Age	Symptom	History of abdominal surgery	Diagnosis made by/at	Defect of the Pouch of Douglas	Management
Fiirgaard and Agertoft (1988) [5]	17	Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting	No	Surgery	Congenital	Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect
Hoeffel et al. (1992) [6]	76	Abdominal pain, vomiting	NA	Surgery	NA	Small bowel resection and anastomosis
Inoue et al. (2002) [7]	80	Abdominal distension, vomiting	Hysterectomy	Surgery	Acquired	Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect
Bunni et al. (2012) [4]	77	Pain in right groin	No	Surgery	Congenital	Laparoscopic mesh herniorrhaphy
Present case (2016)	26	Abdominal pain, distension	No	Surgery	Congenital	Reduction and primary repair of a peritoneal defect

NA = no available information.