Abdominal wall herniae and their underlying pathology

We describe a case of pseudomyxoma peritonei presenting as a strangulated inguinal hernia. We review the current literature regarding the incidence of underlying pathology in patients presenting with abdominal wall herniae and discuss the need for histological assessment of the hernia sac in selecte...

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Autores principales: Upchurch, Emma, Al-Akash, Musallam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26855074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.01.031
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spelling pubmed-48183182016-04-14 Abdominal wall herniae and their underlying pathology Upchurch, Emma Al-Akash, Musallam Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report We describe a case of pseudomyxoma peritonei presenting as a strangulated inguinal hernia. We review the current literature regarding the incidence of underlying pathology in patients presenting with abdominal wall herniae and discuss the need for histological assessment of the hernia sac in selected patients. We highlight the importance of assessing for and being aware of significant underlying pathology in certain patients. Elsevier 2016-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4818318/ /pubmed/26855074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.01.031 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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