There is a small bowel ileus with dilatated fluid filled bowel loops. In the left groin there is an inguinal hernia with a fluid filled small bowel loop. There is no significant effect during compression suggesting a nonreducible inguinal hernia. The first image shows a dilatated bowel loop proximal to where the loop enters the inguinal hernia.  

Signs of an incarcerated hernia are

-Thickening of the wall of the herniated bowel loop
-Fluid in the herniated bowel loop
-Free fluid in the hernia sac
-Intra abdominal bowel dilatation.

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