Open AccessRare Case of Inguinal Hernia in a Female Patient
Author(s) -
Liaqat Ahmad Malik,
Ajaz Ahmad Malik,
Parvez Mohi Ud Din Dar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences/journal of medical sciences (srinagar. online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-063X
pISSN - 0972-110X
DOI - 10.33883/jms.v21i1.326
Subject(s) - medicine , inguinal hernia , abdomen , surgery , constipation , hernia , tenderness , general surgery
75 years was referred from SMHS hospital as a case of left-sided irreducible inguinal hernia. The patient was a known case of rheumatic heart disease on multiple drugs. The patient was having a history of constipation for 4 days and mild pain lower abdomen. All investigations were within normal limit and patient was afebrile. The abdomen was soft, nondistended. There was mild tenderness over the right inguinal region and a soft boggy swelling was palpable. It was nonreducible. JMS 2018;21(1):47