An unusual ganglion communicating with hip joint resembling a femoral hernia. Case report.
A rare case of a ganglion communicating with the hip joint was encountered in a 72-year-old man who presented a reducible soft mass over the left femoral triangle. This mass, clinically considered to be a femoral hernia, proved to be a ganglion after excision. We report the clinical course of this case with the suggestion that caution should be given to the patient's subtle symptoms while herniography may be helpful for differential diagnosis of this rare condition.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000473:pathology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000473:pathology*