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Acute appendicitis located within Amyand’s hernia—a complex case with concurrent acute cholecystitis

Amyand’s hernia is the presence of the vermiform appendix within an inguinal hernia sac. It is rare, and even rarer is the presence of acute appendicitis within the sac. It presents in a variety of different ways and often is only diagnosed intra-operatively. We present the case of a 90 year old mal...

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Autores principales: O’Connor, Adam, John, Fallon, Sabri, Shariq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33365114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa447