Amyand’s hernia: Case report
Acute appendicitis within hernia sac termed Amyand’shernia was described firstly by Claudius Amyand. It hasbeen approximately found in 1 % of cases of inguinal hernias.In this study, we reported a 24 years old man diagnosedwith inguinal hernia, which was found appendixvermiformis in the sac of herni...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Modestum Publishing LTD
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations |
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| Online Access: | http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/7/JCEI-00496.pdf |
| Summary: | Acute appendicitis within hernia sac termed Amyand’shernia was described firstly by Claudius Amyand. It hasbeen approximately found in 1 % of cases of inguinal hernias.In this study, we reported a 24 years old man diagnosedwith inguinal hernia, which was found appendixvermiformis in the sac of hernia intraoperatively, the othername Amyand’s hernia. Diagnosis of Amyand’s hernia isdifficult preoperatively and is a rare form of inguinal hernia.J Clin Exp Invest 2011; 2 (4): 446-448 |
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| ISSN: | 1309-8578 1309-6621 |