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Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding

Littré’s hernia (LH) is a rare clinical entity defined by the presence of Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) within a hernial sac. Although MD is the most common congenital abnormality of the intestinal tract, most of its cases remain asymptomatic. It may, however, manifest itself in the form of multiple co...

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Autores principales: Usman, Ahmad, Rashid, Muhammad Humayoun, Ghaffar, Umar, Farooque, Umar, Shabbir, Ayesha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33224659
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11065
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author Usman, Ahmad
Rashid, Muhammad Humayoun
Ghaffar, Umar
Farooque, Umar
Shabbir, Ayesha
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description Littré’s hernia (LH) is a rare clinical entity defined by the presence of Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) within a hernial sac. Although MD is the most common congenital abnormality of the intestinal tract, most of its cases remain asymptomatic. It may, however, manifest itself in the form of multiple complications. One of its rare complications is LH, which is reported occurring in a mere 1% of all MD cases. The anamneses of LH are like any other hernia containing the gut, making its preoperative diagnosis unlikely. We present herein a case of a 16-year-old boy with an incarcerated LH at the inguinal region, which was successfully treated by wedge resection of the diverticulum followed by hernia repair.
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spelling pubmed-76768212020-11-20 Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding Usman, Ahmad Rashid, Muhammad Humayoun Ghaffar, Umar Farooque, Umar Shabbir, Ayesha Cureus Pediatric Surgery Littré’s hernia (LH) is a rare clinical entity defined by the presence of Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) within a hernial sac. Although MD is the most common congenital abnormality of the intestinal tract, most of its cases remain asymptomatic. It may, however, manifest itself in the form of multiple complications. One of its rare complications is LH, which is reported occurring in a mere 1% of all MD cases. The anamneses of LH are like any other hernia containing the gut, making its preoperative diagnosis unlikely. We present herein a case of a 16-year-old boy with an incarcerated LH at the inguinal region, which was successfully treated by wedge resection of the diverticulum followed by hernia repair. Cureus 2020-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7676821/ /pubmed/33224659 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11065 Text en Copyright © 2020, Usman 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 author and source are credited.
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Usman, Ahmad
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Ghaffar, Umar
Farooque, Umar
Shabbir, Ayesha
Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title_full Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title_fullStr Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title_full_unstemmed Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title_short Littré’s Hernia: A Rare Intraoperative Finding
title_sort littré’s hernia: a rare intraoperative finding
topic Pediatric Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676821/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11065
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