We present a case of a 74-year-old man who, while in intensive treatment unit for an upper gastrointestinal bleed, decompensated cardiac failure and concurrent pneumonia, was found to have a large right hydronephrotic pelvic kidney and bladder within the hernia. After discharge, he was medically optimised for 7 months before undergoing an elective open mesh repair of his hernia. During the procedure, drainage of a large hydrocoele was performed to facilitate reduction of the hernia.
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