Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia

INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernias are a common pathology and can contain unusual abdominal contents; the stomach is only infrequently involved due to its position in the abdominal cavity. PRESENTATION OF CASE: An 85-year old male patient presented with symptoms of bowel obstruction and was subsequently...

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Autores principales: Fazekas, Balazs, Frecker, Peter, Francis, Lucy, Patel, Kunal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25460474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.070
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernias are a common pathology and can contain unusual abdominal contents; the stomach is only infrequently involved due to its position in the abdominal cavity. PRESENTATION OF CASE: An 85-year old male patient presented with symptoms of bowel obstruction and was subsequently found to have an incarcerated stomach within his chronic left-sided inguinal hernia. The patient had also developed aspiration pneumonia. DISCUSSION: Aspiration pneumonia is a yet unreported complication of this unusual type of hernia. Our aim is to describe the presentation and management of this complication. CONCLUSION: Development of aspiration pneumonia in a patient with an incarcerated stomach within an inguinal hernia.

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