Ballas K, Kontoulis T, Skouras C, Triantafyllou A, Symeonidis N, Pavlidis T, Marakis G, Sakadamis A. Unusual findings in inguinal hernia surgery: report of 6 rare cases.
Hippokratia 2009;
13:169-171. [PMID:
19918306 PMCID:
PMC2765295]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM
To present our experience with unexpected findings during hernia surgery, either unusual hernial contents or pathologic entities, like neoplastic masses, masquerading as a hernia.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
We studied retrospectively 856 patients with inguinal hernia who were admitted to our surgical department over a 9-year period. In addition, our study included patients complaining of inguinal protrusion, even without a definitive diagnosis of inguinal hernia upon admission.
RESULTS
Five patients presented with unusual hernial contents. Three of them had a vermiform appendix in their sac. Acute appendicitis (Amyands hernia) was found in only one case. One patient had epiploic appendagitis related with a groin hernia. Moreover, an adult woman was diagnosed with ovarian and tubal inguinal hernia. Finally, we report a case of a massive extratesticular intrascrotal lipoma, initially misdiagnosed as a scrotal hernia.
CONCLUSION
a hernia surgeon may encounter unexpected intraoperative findings. It is important to be prepared to detect them and apply the appropriate treatment.
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