title: Case Report: a Rare Case of Amyand's Hernia Presenting in a 3-year-old Male Child.
abstract: The finding of the vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia has an incidence of approximately 1 %. The condition is given the eponymous name "Amyand's hernia." However, in just 0.08 %, the condition is complicated by an acute appendicitis. The clinical presentation varies, depending on the extent of inflammation of the appendix, and is most often misdiagnosed as an incarcerated inguinal hernia. As such, it is rarely recognized prior to surgical exploration. We report a case of Amyand's hernia in a 3-year-old child who presented as a right-sided congenital hernia with pain in the right groin. He underwent herniotomy, which revealed that the hernia sac containing elongated inflamed appendix appeared with some adhesions to sac, lying in the inguinal canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SRTR Medical College, Ambajogai, Beed, Maharashtra 431517 India ; Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College and Hospital, Ambajogai, Maharashtra 431517 India.
authors.forename: Avadhut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dange
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SRTR Medical College, Ambajogai, Beed, Maharashtra 431517 India ; Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College and Hospital, Ambajogai, Maharashtra 431517 India.
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gireboinwad
keywords: Amyand; Appendix; Herniotomy; Inguinoscrotal