title: Case report: acute appendicitis in an inguinal hernia.
abstract: Primary appendicitis presenting in a hernia sac is uncommon. Diagnosis depends on a high index of suspicion. The authors present a case report of a 65-year-old male with a two-day history of a painful irreducible right inguinal mass; he denied abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, or chills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ 07039.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male