We present the first case reported in the literature of small bowel obstruction due to internal incarcerated hernia throught a diagnosed bilateral broad ligament defect, and treated by laparoscopy. A 36-year-old white woman, gravida 0, para 0, was admitted to our hospital with intestinal obstruction symptoms. A laparoscopic approach was performed with 3 trocars and internal incarcerated hernia due to a defect in the right broad ligament was found. There was a similar defect in the left broad ligament. The small bowel, once reduced,appeared viable. Closure of both defects was carried out by laparoscopy with 2-0 monofilament absorbable running suture.The patient’s postoperative course was unremarkable and she was dicharged from the hospital 4 days after the surgical procedure. The classification of defect was a bilateral fenestrae type I defect. Congenital ethiology is plausible because of the presence of bilateral defects and the absence of surgical trauma, pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis in the clinical history
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