title: An unusual presentation of metastatic gastric cancer found during inguinal hernia repair: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Inguinal hernia and intra-abdominal malignancies can coexist, and rarely the hernial sac provides the first evidence of primary or metastatic cancer. Tumors in the hernial sac occur in fewer than 0.5% of all surgically excised sacs. We report a case of metastatic gastric cancer in the inguinal hernial sac confirmed by histopathological examination. Postoperative investigations revealed an adenocarcinoma in gastric corpus. The case is discussed based on the English-language literature.
authors.affiliation: mtoruc@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M Tahir
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Oruç
authors.forename: Bahadir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kulah
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saylam
authors.forename: Munevver
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coşkun
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*