Incarcerated Amyand’s hernia: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernia may contain vermiform appendix in very rare cases. This particular condition is known as Amyand’s hernia and it has an incidence of 1%. Diagnosis is very difficult preoperatively, so it is usually an incidental finding. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of a 80 yea...

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Autores principales: Perrotti, Salvatore, Bosco, Dorotea, Miano, Debora, Amico, Angelo, Latino, Rosalia, Di Cataldo, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30227373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.064

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