Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate

Amyand’s hernia is a rare clinical entity in which the vermiform appendix is present within the inguinal hernia sac. Here, we report a 5-day-old neonate with dysmorphic features referred to us with a tender irreducible right inguino-scrotal swelling. Surgical exploration showed gangrenous appendix w...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mandhan, Parkash, Al Rayes, Talal, J Ali, Mansour, Aldhaheri, Mahmoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023509
_version_ 1782369727094456320
author Mandhan, Parkash
Al Rayes, Talal
J Ali, Mansour
Aldhaheri, Mahmoud
author_facet Mandhan, Parkash
Al Rayes, Talal
J Ali, Mansour
Aldhaheri, Mahmoud
author_sort Mandhan, Parkash
collection PubMed
description Amyand’s hernia is a rare clinical entity in which the vermiform appendix is present within the inguinal hernia sac. Here, we report a 5-day-old neonate with dysmorphic features referred to us with a tender irreducible right inguino-scrotal swelling. Surgical exploration showed gangrenous appendix with a peri-appendicular abscess in the inguinal hernia sac. Appendectomy and right herniotomy was performed.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4420444
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher EL-MED-Pub
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44204442015-05-28 Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate Mandhan, Parkash Al Rayes, Talal J Ali, Mansour Aldhaheri, Mahmoud J Neonatal Surg Case Report Amyand’s hernia is a rare clinical entity in which the vermiform appendix is present within the inguinal hernia sac. Here, we report a 5-day-old neonate with dysmorphic features referred to us with a tender irreducible right inguino-scrotal swelling. Surgical exploration showed gangrenous appendix with a peri-appendicular abscess in the inguinal hernia sac. Appendectomy and right herniotomy was performed. EL-MED-Pub 2014-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4420444/ /pubmed/26023509 Text en Copyright © 2014 Parkash et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Mandhan, Parkash
Al Rayes, Talal
J Ali, Mansour
Aldhaheri, Mahmoud
Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title_full Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title_fullStr Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title_full_unstemmed Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title_short Complicated Amyand’s Hernia in a Neonate
title_sort complicated amyand’s hernia in a neonate
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023509
work_keys_str_mv AT mandhanparkash complicatedamyandsherniainaneonate
AT alrayestalal complicatedamyandsherniainaneonate
AT jalimansour complicatedamyandsherniainaneonate
AT aldhaherimahmoud complicatedamyandsherniainaneonate

Ejemplares similares