Periappendicular Abscess Presenting within an Inguinal Hernia

The presence of the appendix within an inguinal hernia is a rare finding. We present the case of an elderly woman who developed appendicitis within an inguinal hernia, complicated by a supervening periappendicular abscess. She was successfully treated with a combination of antibiotics and percutaneo...

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Autores principales: Loberant, Norman, Bickel, Amitai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605128
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.166356
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spelling pubmed-46293022015-11-24 Periappendicular Abscess Presenting within an Inguinal Hernia Loberant, Norman Bickel, Amitai J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report The presence of the appendix within an inguinal hernia is a rare finding. We present the case of an elderly woman who developed appendicitis within an inguinal hernia, complicated by a supervening periappendicular abscess. She was successfully treated with a combination of antibiotics and percutaneous drainage. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4629302/ /pubmed/26605128 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.166356 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Journal of Clinical Imaging Science 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629302/
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