Open AccessGRYNFELTT HERNIA INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS LIPOMA: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Raniery Soares Sobreira Machado,
Raquel Carlos de Brito,
Jairo Fernandes Frutuosos,
André Luís Sant'Anna,
Francisco Anselmo Magalhães,
Vital Maria dos Santos Sobreira Machado,
Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
amadeus international multidisciplinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-8281
DOI - 10.14295/aimj.v3i6.60
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , hernia , lumbar , surgery , general surgery
Lumbar hernia is a disease that presents unsual and difficult diagnosis. It is most prevalent in males and the elderly. It is presented the case of a 70-year-old male patient with previous trauma in the lumbar region 30 years ago and since then presented as a tumor in that region. He asked for a medical help and, initially, his case was diagnosed as a lipoma, but then Grynfeltt's hernia was identified and properly repaired. Keywords: Lumbar hernia; Grynfeltt hernia; superior lumbar hernia