Figure 4.

Forty-one-year-old woman with three previous pregnancies. A) Longitudinal ultrasound (US) image obtained using a linear probe demonstrates a large, fat-containing, non-reducible epigastric hernia arising from a tear that is located near on the linea alba. Note also that the neck (11.5-mm, defect in the linea alba), is narrow in comparison to the hernial fundus. B) Schematic interpretation of the same image, in which the hernial sac is shown in red (in transparency). C) Transverse US image below the navel shows the linea alba in that location, thinned; no tears are demonstrable on US. D) Corresponding image of the epigastric hernia obtained using a using a convex, which allows a greater panoramic view