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A rare presentation of appendicitis as groin swelling: a case report

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis in femoral hernia is a rare condition, which raises diagnostic challenge. CASE REPORT: A 40-year-old man presented with painful right-sided groin swelling of 1-week duration. The area was explored, with presumpted diagnosis of inguinal abscess. At exploration a femoral herni...

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Autores principales: Pitchaimuthu, Maheswaran, Dace, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-53