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Swelling of the right thigh for over 30 years—The rare finding of a De Garengeot hernia

INTRODUCTION: Femoral hernias may – in some rare cases – contain the appendix, a phenomenon called de Garengeot hernia. It is usually an incidental finding in hernia repair. We found our case to be of interest because of the long standing femoral swelling before peracute appendicitis led to its remo...

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Autores principales: Schäfer, Hannah Maria, von Holzen, Urs, Nebiker, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25437653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.010