title: Sliding appendiceal inguinal hernia: preoperative sonographic diagnosis.
abstract: We report the case of a 3-month-old boy with a right-sided sliding appendiceal inguinal hernia that was diagnosed preoperatively with sonography. Surgery was performed, and intraoperative and histopathologic evaluations also revealed changes in the appendix that could have led to complications if left untreated. The infant's recovery was uneventful, and he was discharged on the second day after surgery. This condition is usually diagnosed intraoperatively, and to the best of our knowledge, this is only the second report in the English-language medical literature in which such a case was correctly diagnosed preoperatively with sonography. In our case, the early sonographic diagnosis led to early intervention and the avoidance of potential complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Orkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ergün
authors.forename: S Süreyya
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ozbek
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dökümcü
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balik
mesh_terms: D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography