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.
Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, SAR, China. yaukk1@ha.org.hk
Kwok-Kay
KK
Yau
Wing-Tai
WT
Siu
Ka-Leung
KL
Chan
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