title: Impaction of feces in a loop of sigmoid colon: a rare cause of incarceration of inguinal hernia in children.
abstract: Incarceration of inguinal hernia in children is not a very rare occurrence. The incidence of incarceration of hernia is about 12-17% in children below 10 years of age and two-thirds of incarcerations occur during the first year of life. Sigmoid colon as a content of childhood hernia is a very rare occurrence. We report a case of child with incarceration of inguinal hernia caused by impaction of feces in a loop of sigmoid colon. To the best of my knowledge this will be the first case report of such a finding in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Sarfaraj Ganj, Hardoi Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226003, India.
authors.forename: Akhilesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Janardhan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ghildiyal
mesh_terms: D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications*