Testicular infarction with incarcerated inguinal hernia in infants.
Three male babies presenting with incarcerated inguinal hernias in the first year of life were found to have infarction of the ipselateral testis at operation. This is a well recognised complication of indirect inguinal hernia and a common complication of incarceration.
D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*