title: Appendicitis within an umbilical hernia sac: previously unreported complication in children.
abstract: Umbilical hernia is one of the most common congenital pathologies of the anterior abdominal wall in children. Umbilical hernia in children has a high tendency for spontaneous closure. Surgical treatment is performed only for rarely occurring complications. Appendicitis within an umbilical hernia sac is a previously unreported complication for umbilical hernias. We report here the first case in the current English language literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. catabek@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cüneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atabek
authors.forename: Ilhami
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sürer
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deliağa
authors.forename: Bahadir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Calişkan
authors.forename: Abdülkerim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.forename: Suzi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirbağ
authors.forename: Haluk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oztürk
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome