Strangulated appendix epiploica in paraumbilical hernia: preoperative diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment.
Appendix epiploica can occasionally cause acute abdominal pain. The usual presentations are torsion or primary epiploic appendicitis. Strangulation inside a paraumbilical hernia with acute abdominal pain is seldom reported in the literature. The authors report a case of preoperative diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment of strangulated appendix epiploica in paraumbilical hernia that presented as acute abdominal pain.
Yau
Kwok-Kay
KK
Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, SAR, China. yaukk1@ha.org.hk
Siu
Wing-Tai
WT
Chan
Ka-Leung
KL
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography