Incarcerated femoral hernia with ovary and fallopian tube torsion in an infant: a rare occurrence.
Incarcerated femoral hernia with ovary and fallopian tube torsion is very rare in children. We herein report a case of incarcerated femoral hernia with ovary and fallopian tube torsion in a 7-month-old female who was diagnosed on the basis of operative findings. We released the torsion of the left fallopian tube. However, the ovary remained discolored. Left salpingo-oophorectomy and McVay repair for femoral hernia were performed. She has experienced no recurrence of femoral hernia for 3 years. We must consider incarcerated femoral hernia in the differential diagnosis for infants with groin redness and swelling.
Ichinokawa
Masaomi
M
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. 1ch@excite.co.jp
Okada
Tadao
T
Sasaki
Fumiaki
F
D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery