title: Perforated appendix in an inguinal hernial sac: Amyand's hernia.
abstract: A patient with a perforated appendix in a right inguinal hernial sac is reported. Some of the history of this condition is reviewed and a case is made that an appendix appearing in an inguinal hernial sac should carry the eponymous term "Amyand's hernia".
authors.affiliation: St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous