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Neonatal appendicitis and incarcerated inguinal hernia: Case report and review of the literature

Author(s) -

Francesco Fascetti Leon,

William Sherwood

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1998-3891

pISSN - 0971-9261

DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_226_16

Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , inguinal hernia , general surgery , acute appendicitis , laparoscopy , hernia , surgery

Neonatal appendicitis carries a high mortality rate. We describe a peculiar case presented after an incarcerated hernia manually reduced in a 4-week-old male neonate with ipsilateral undescended testis. Laparoscopy allowed a prompt recognition of an unexpected intra-abdominal life-threatening condition. Pathogenesis, treatment, and outcome are discussed on the light of a comprehensive literature review.

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