title: A rare case of persistent muellerian duct syndrome presenting as inguinal hernia.
abstract: Irreducible inguinal hernia is a very common emergency surgical problem. In most of the cases the content is either bowel or omentum. Testis, as a content of hernial sac is also found in undescended testis presenting as obstructed or irreducible congenital inguinal hernia. Here a case is reported of a phenotypically normal looking male presenting with irreducible left sided inguinal hernia which on exploration revealed uterus, fallopian tubes and testis. The case is presented because of its rarity of presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700014.
authors.forename: Shankar Das
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Nisith Chandra
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.forename: Ritankar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Tamal Kanti
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Ravi Shankar
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058490:Disorder of Sex Development, 46,XY / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male