CT follow-up can identify significantly more IH than clinical examination alone, in particular if the radiologist focuses on IH development. Furthermore, we showed that focused CT evaluation diagnosed IH 7 months earlier than routine CT and 5 months earlier than clinical follow-up alone.

We found a lower number of incisional hernias (11.1%) after reversal of ileostomies than expected from the literature. In contrast to the findings at the ileostomy site, a very high frequency of IH (59.0%) after LAR by laparotomy was found, which was significantly higher than after laparoscopic LAR.

We report a case of a woman diagnosed with a solitary true cyst of the pancreas. CT and especially MRI guided us in the diagnosis of this benign lesion. The cyst has been surgically removed because of secondary bile-duct obstruction causing painless jaundice. Clinical history, laboratory, imaging, and histological findings are reported.

Unenhanced single-shot MRI is a valuable first step of a comprehensive upper abdominal MR exam and may even be the final step in many patients.

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