Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report

Acute appendicitis secondary to hernia incarceration presenting as scrotal swelling is exceptionally rare in neonates. We report a neonate who presented with tender swelling in the right scrotum. Ultrasonography detected features of a rare Amyand's hernia. Surgical exploration and histopatholog...

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Autores principales: Sun, Xiao-Feng, Cao, Dian-Bo, Zhang, Ting, Zhu, Ying-Qiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778677
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author Sun, Xiao-Feng
Cao, Dian-Bo
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description Acute appendicitis secondary to hernia incarceration presenting as scrotal swelling is exceptionally rare in neonates. We report a neonate who presented with tender swelling in the right scrotum. Ultrasonography detected features of a rare Amyand's hernia. Surgical exploration and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-39996092014-04-28 Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report Sun, Xiao-Feng Cao, Dian-Bo Zhang, Ting Zhu, Ying-Qiao J Res Med Sci Case Report Acute appendicitis secondary to hernia incarceration presenting as scrotal swelling is exceptionally rare in neonates. We report a neonate who presented with tender swelling in the right scrotum. Ultrasonography detected features of a rare Amyand's hernia. Surgical exploration and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3999609/ /pubmed/24778677 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sun, Xiao-Feng
Cao, Dian-Bo
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Zhu, Ying-Qiao
Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title_full Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title_fullStr Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title_short Amyand's hernia in a neonate: A case report
title_sort amyand's hernia in a neonate: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778677
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