title: Peritoneal mesothelioma masquerading as an inguinal hernia.
abstract: We report a case of an 80-year-old man who presented with a right inguinal hernia that appeared incarcerated. On exploration a sausage shaped mass was found in the sac, which was debulked and histologically shown to be a well differentiated malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Rare tumours may present as inguinal hernias and palliative debulking may be effective when they present in inguinal hernia sacs.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakravartty
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jayamanne
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed