title: Appendicitis in external herniae.
abstract: Seven patients are reported with acute appendicitis occurring in an external hernial sac. The average age was 69 years. In 4 cases the site was a right femoral hernia and in 3 a right indirect inguinal hernia. In no case was the correct diagnosis made before operation. Recovery was uneventful apart from wound infection in 3 cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged