Infant with Groin Swelling

CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-day-old female presented to the pediatric emergency department with swelling of the left groin. Physical examination revealed a soft, nontender abdomen and a two-centimeter firm and fixed mass on the left aspect of her mons pubis. Point-of-care ultrasound revealed a left ingu...

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Autores principales: Polavarapu, Nisha, Kilbane, Brendan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36049198
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem2022.6.56426
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description CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-day-old female presented to the pediatric emergency department with swelling of the left groin. Physical examination revealed a soft, nontender abdomen and a two-centimeter firm and fixed mass on the left aspect of her mons pubis. Point-of-care ultrasound revealed a left inguinal hernia with incarcerated ovary. DISCUSSION: Inguinal hernias are common in the pediatric population. In female patients, particularly those less than one year old, inguinal hernias most frequently contain an ovary rather than bowel; so they require careful evaluation to protect future reproductive function.
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spelling pubmed-94364882022-09-02 Infant with Groin Swelling Polavarapu, Nisha Kilbane, Brendan Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-day-old female presented to the pediatric emergency department with swelling of the left groin. Physical examination revealed a soft, nontender abdomen and a two-centimeter firm and fixed mass on the left aspect of her mons pubis. Point-of-care ultrasound revealed a left inguinal hernia with incarcerated ovary. DISCUSSION: Inguinal hernias are common in the pediatric population. In female patients, particularly those less than one year old, inguinal hernias most frequently contain an ovary rather than bowel; so they require careful evaluation to protect future reproductive function. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9436488/ /pubmed/36049198 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem2022.6.56426 Text en © 2022 Polavarapu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436488/
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