Laparoscopic repair of Amyand’s hernia complicated with acute appendicitis. Report of a case
| Autor: | Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Spyridon Davakis, Bruno Lorenzi, Eleandros Kyros, Athanasios Syllaios |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Vermiform
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General surgery Case Report medicine.disease Inguinal canal digestive system diseases Appendix Amyand's hernia stomatognathic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Inguinal hernia surgical procedures operative 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Hernia Differential diagnosis business Laparoscopy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Surgical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2042-8812 |
| Popis: | The presence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia sac is known as Amyand’s hernia. Amyand’s hernia complicated with acute appendicitis is an extremely rare entity with challenging diagnosis and large debate about the optimal treatment option. We report a case of a 58-year-old man presenting to the Emergency Department with an incarcerated right inguinal hernia. At laparoscopy, an inflamed appendix was identified within the inguinal canal, representing an indirect Amyand’s hernia. A laparoscopic appendicectomy was performed followed by a trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal mesh repair of the aforementioned hernia. We report this rare clinical entity raising physicians’ awareness to include acute appendicitis within an Amyand’s hernia in the differential diagnosis of incarcerated inguinal hernias, along with a successful minimally invasive surgical approach. |
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