title: [Femoral hernia: diagnosis with B-image, duplex and color-coded Doppler ultrasound].
abstract: The diagnosis of femoral hernias depends on the recognition of their clinical features. In many cases femoral hernias were incorrectly diagnosed. B-Scan ultrasonography, duplex- and colour-coded Doppler sonography were used to diagnose a femoral hernia in a 60-year old female patient who developed a groin lump after femoral artery puncture. The diagnostic procedure could easily differentiate between haematoma, pseudo-aneurysm, arteriovenous fistula and femoral hernia by the characteristic Doppler spectrum and colour coding. B-Scan ultrasonography, duplex- and colour-coded Doppler sonography can accurately detect femoral hernias and should be routinely used in patients with any kind of groin lump.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II des Klinikums, Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riehl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Sieberth
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
vernacular_title: Femoralhernie: Diagnose durch B-Bild-, Duplex- und farbkodierte Dopplersonographie.