Left-sided Amyand hernia is a rare condition that requires a high degree of clinical suspicion to correctly diagnose.
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Left-Sided Amyand's Hernia: A Rare Variant of Inguinal Hernia.
Cureus
September 2023
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, SAU.
Inguinal hernia is the most commonly diagnosed hernia, with approximately one out of every three males eventually being diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. Amyand's hernia is a subtype of an inguinal hernia that occurs when the appendix is located within the hernia sac. It is an uncommon condition that is usually discovered as an incidental finding in less than 1% of all patients with inguinal hernia.
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J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg
May 2023
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Purpose: The presence of an appendix in the inguinal hernia sac is defined as Amyand's hernia (AH). This study intends to present the authors' experience in dealing with this entity and also to present a discussion on possible need of updating its definition, classification, and management.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of records of all pediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital inguinal hernia in a single unit from January 2017 to March 2021 was done.
Perforated Caecum in a Left-sided Amyand's Hernia: A Case Report.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
April 2023
Department of Surgery, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Phulbari, Pokhara, Nepal.
Unlabelled: Amyand's hernia is a rare type of inguinal hernia with an appendix inside an inguinal hernia sac. Most cases are diagnosed intraoperatively during hernia repair. A 66-year-old male was received at the Emergency Department with complaints of acute onset abdominal pain, vomiting, and groin swelling.
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General Surgery Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Tte. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 4190, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Background: The finding of a vermiform appendix within the peritoneal sac of an inguinal hernia is called Amyand's hernia. The reported incidence of Amyand's hernia and femoral hernia is 1% and 3.8%, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft sided Amyand hernia - A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
July 2022
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Introduction: Amyand hernia is a clinical condition wherein content of the inguinal hernial sac is formed by the vermiform appendix.
Case Presentation: 1 year 3-month-old male child presented to our OPD with an irreducible left inguinal hernia for which he was taken up for an emergency herniotomy. The terminal ileum, caecum and appendix were found to be the contents of the hernial sac.
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