[A woman with a swelling in the groin].

A 75-years-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with a painfull swelling in the right groin. Clinical examination was suggestive of an incarcerated hernia. Echography and examination during surgery revealed an Amyand's hernia. Amyand's hernia is a rare type of a sliding hernia that is characterized bij protrusion of the appendix in the hernial sac. Surgical reduction of the hernial sac was followed by appendectomy because the appendix was inflamed: a rare complication of Amyand's hernia.