title: Littré meets de Garengeot: Meckel's diverticulum and appendix in a femoral hernia.
abstract: Littre's and de Garengeot hernias are rare operative findings, the former describing the presence of a Meckel's diverticulum in a hernia sac and the latter describing the presence of the vermiform appendix in a femoral hernia. The finding of both of these anatomical structures in the same hernia is exquisitely rare and infrequently described. In the following report such a case is described and the current knowledge surrounding these unusual hernias is discussed.
authors.affiliation: SHO in General Surgery, West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 6AF, UK. m.racy@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Racy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001065:Appendix / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000601:surgery; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
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