title: Concomitant Spigelian and inguinal hernias in a neonate.
abstract: A Spigelian hernia presented concurrently with bilateral inguinal hernias in a 1-month-old infant. This case emphasizes that a Spigelian hernia can occur in neonates and synchronously with an inguinal hernia. Analysis suggests that a Spigelian hernia, regardless of age of presentation, is congenital in origin.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome