title: Repair of an inguinoscrotal hernia containing the urinary bladder: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cases of patients with inguinoscrotal hernia containing the urinary bladder are very rare. These patients usually present with frequent episodes of urinary tract infection, difficulty in walking, pollakisuria and difficulty in initiating micturition because of incarceration of the urinary bladder into the scrotum.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the case of an 80-year-old Caucasian man with an incarcerated urinary bladder into the scrotum who underwent surgical repair with mesh.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of such cases often requires not only clinical examination but also specialized radiological examinations to show the ectopic position of the urinary bladder. Surgical repair in these patients is a real challenge for surgeons.
authors.affiliation: 1st Surgical Department, Venizelio General Hospital, Knossos Avenue, M,B, 44 Heraklion, Greece. gpanagiotakis@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Georgios I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Panagiotakis
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Spyridakis
authors.forename: Maria N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Chatziioannou
authors.forename: Nikolaos G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Kontopodis
authors.forename: Stylianos E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kandylakis