title: Colon carcinoma in a right inguinal hernia.
abstract: A patient had an ascending colon carcinoma in a right inguinal hernia sac, the first such instance to be reported. A second patient had a left colon carcinoma in a left inguinal hernia sac. Both patients had gastrointestinal symptoms and anemia which warranted a barium enema.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography