title: Urinary bladder calculi in a sliding vesical-inguinal-scrotal hernia diagnosed preoperatively by plain abdominal radiography.
abstract: A sliding inguinal hernia is usually diagnosed during a surgical procedure rather than preoperatively. This report describes a 77-year-old man with a sliding vesicalinguinal-scrotal hernia. The preoperative diagnosis was established by a plain radiograph of the abdomen, which showed bladder calculi within the pelvic cavity and in the right groin area. A review of the literature revealed only 2 prior reported cases of bladder calculi within a vesical-inguinal-scrotal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Anthony Chi Fai
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Alexander K C
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: William Lane M
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Robson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012611:Scrotum; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy