[A woman with a swelling in the groin].
A 75-years-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with a painfull swelling in the right groin. Clinical examination was suggestive of an incarcerated hernia. Echography and examination during surgery revealed an Amyand's hernia. Amyand's hernia is a rare type of a sliding hernia that is characterized bij protrusion of the appendix in the hernial sac. Surgical reduction of the hernial sac was followed by appendectomy because the appendix was inflamed: a rare complication of Amyand's hernia.
O.L.V. van Lourdesziekenhuis Waregem, afd. Heelkunde, Waregem, België.
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Sommeling
D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome