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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Frecker, Peter
Francis, Lucy
Patel, Kunal
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description 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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spelling pubmed-42760832014-12-28 Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia Fazekas, Balazs Frecker, Peter Francis, Lucy Patel, Kunal Int J Surg Case Rep Article 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. Elsevier 2014-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4276083/ /pubmed/25460474 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.070 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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title Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia
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title_fullStr Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia
title_full_unstemmed Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia
title_short Aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia
title_sort aspiration pneumonia as a complication of a rare type of hernia
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url 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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