What is it about?
Appendix accidentally trapped into the inguinal hernia, sometimes leading to inflammation and incarceration.
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Why is it important?
Acute appendicitis is an emergent condition of the abdomen.
Perspectives
Sometimes, inguinal hernia with incarceration can contain small intestine, colon, urinary bladder, omentum, and even appendix.
Dr Ching Ming Kwok
Cheng Hsin General Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Amyand’s Hernia – Case Report and Review of the Literature, Case Reports in Gastroenterology, August 2007, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000107472.
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