[De Garengeot appendicitis--rare variant of a common medical condition].
De Garengeot hernia is an extremely rare pathological finding. Here, we report the case of a 69-year-old woman who presented with acute appendicitis within a femoral hernia. Although exceptionally rare, the clinician needs to be aware of this variation in order to avoid complications arising due to delays in diagnosis and therapy.
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St. Josefs Hospital Dortmund-Süd, Chirurgie, Dortmund, Deutschland. andrej.ring@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Klupsch
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed