A rare presentation of an acute appendicitis

Paraumbilical hernia sac usually contains omentum, bowel loop and rarely appendicular epiploicae, metastatic deposits and vermiform appendix. Presentation of acute appendicitis in a paraumbilical hernia is rare and limited to few case reports in the literature. Herein, we would like to report a case...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kordzadeh, Ali, Lorenzi, Bruno, Kalyan, Jiten P., Hanif, Muhammad A., Charalabopoulos, Alexandros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw232
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Sumario:Paraumbilical hernia sac usually contains omentum, bowel loop and rarely appendicular epiploicae, metastatic deposits and vermiform appendix. Presentation of acute appendicitis in a paraumbilical hernia is rare and limited to few case reports in the literature. Herein, we would like to report a case of a successfully treated acute appendicitis presenting in a paraumbilical hernia in an 84-year-old lady with 6-month follow-up.

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