title: Acute appendicitis within an obturator hernia.
abstract: We present the case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with the signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis; however, during laparoscopic surgery, it was found that the appendix had herniated through the obturator canal. This pathology has previously been associated with an unfavourable outcome and has been reported, in the literature, in older, emaciated women.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: David Edmund
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yunaev
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy