title: Fecally loaded inguinoscrotal hernia masquerading as testicular mass.
abstract: An 88-year-old man presented with clinical signs suggestive of a testicular mass. The initial ultrasound examination was inconclusive however regional computed tomography eloquently distinguished a large indirect inguinoscrotal hernia with a hernia sac containing a loop of fecally loaded sigmoid colon.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Horton General Hospital, Banbury, UK. robert.morgan@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Robert David
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Abdulhalim Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zein
authors.forename: Horace
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Costa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014572:Urology / Q000379:methods