title: De Garengeot's hernia in a 60-year-old woman: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  De Garengeot first described the presence of the appendix within a femoral hernia in 1731.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 66-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with acute appendicitis within an incarcerated femoral hernia. This is the first reported case of de Garengeot's hernia in the Balkan area.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appropriate management without incurring any delay for radiological imaging can be promising for an uneventful postoperative course. The treatment of choice of this disease entity is emergency surgery and consists in simultaneous appendectomy through the hernia incision and primary hernia repair. In patients with large hernia defects or in older people the use of mesh for repairing the hernia defect can be an excellent choice.
authors: 2nd Department of Propedeutic Surgery, 'LAIKO' General Hospital, 36, Megistis Str, Athens 11364, Greece. petros_konofaos@yahoo.com.
authors: Petros
authors: P
authors: Konofaos
authors: Eleftherios
authors: E
authors: Spartalis
authors: Anastasios
authors: A
authors: Smirnis
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Kontzoglou
authors: Grigorios
authors: G
authors: Kouraklis