title: Cancer in inguinal hernias.
abstract: Cancer in inguinal hernias is rare. The author reports the first case of thymoma metastatic to an inguinal hernia sac (saccular) and the 13th case of colon cancer in an inguinal hernia (intrasaccular); both cases presented clinically as incarcerated hernias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Knecht
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*