title: Gastrointestinal stromal tumour in an inguinal hernial sac: an unusual presentation.
abstract: Malignancy involving hernial sacs is rare. A 72 year old man is reported who had a right inguinal irreducible mass as an initial presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking irreducible inguinal hernia. The diagnosis was missed at the time of surgery and was revealed only by the histology results of the excised sac.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK. goyala@cf.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mansel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009372:Neoplasms, Connective Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis