title: Cystogram with dumbbell shaped urinary bladder in a sliding inguinal hernia.
abstract: Sliding inguinal hernias present with various symptoms and these are usually direct inguinal hernias containing various abdominal viscera. Case reports and series have been published with various organs and rare organs being part of the hernia. Urinary bladder is a known content of sliding hernias. This case report emphasizes this aspect in a picturesque manner and the importance of radiological investigations for pre-surgical evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Basant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahadevappa
authors.forename: Sumanth Channapatna
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas