title: Femoral hernia: clinical significance of radiologic diagnosis.
abstract: A retrospective study of 18 patients with femoral hernia assessed by herniography is presented. Although a palpable lump was present in 11 patients (61%), the diagnosis of a femoral hernia was not made before herniography. Surgical exploration was performed in 12 patients and a femoral hernia was found and repaired with beneficial outcome in 9 of them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  herniography is of value for the diagnosis of a femoral hernia in patients with obscure groin pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergenfeldt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kesek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lasson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies