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A unique case of inguinal appendicitis?
Author(s) -
Lanigan Dermot J.,
Lee T. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980040309
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , inguinal canal , inguinal hernia , appendicitis , irreducibility , general surgery , hernia , surgery , anatomy , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
An 81 year old man who had a reducible right inguinal hernia for 40 years presented with a 4 day history of irreducibility and a 2 day history of tenderness in his hernial sac. At operation a gangrenous appendix was found in the inguinal canal lateral to and outside the sac of an indirect hernia. This condition has not previously been described.