title: A young man with concurrent acute appendicitis and incarcerated right indirect inguinal hernia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Acute appendicitis and incarcerated hernia rarely present in the same episode. Our study reports patient presentation, diagnosis method, and treatment of an unusual case at the Chiang Mai University Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 20-year-old man visited the Chiang Mai University Hospital with right lower quadrant pain and a right groin mass which could not be reduced. The computerized tomography scan showed acute appendicitis and omentum in the hernia sac. Operative treatment was an appendectomy and herniorrhaphy. The treatment was successful, and the patient was discharged from our hospital without any complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concurrent acute appendicitis and incarcerated hernia are very rare, but should be kept in mind if a patient presents with right lower quadrant pain and a right groin mass. Further investigation may be helpful if the diagnosis is uncertain. Operative priority treatment depends on each individual case.
authors.affiliation: Division of Head, Neck, and Breast, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Chagkrit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ditsatham
authors.affiliation: Division of Head, Neck, and Breast, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Areewan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somwangprasert
authors.affiliation: Division of Head, Neck, and Breast, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kirati
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watcharachan
authors.affiliation: Division of Head, Neck, and Breast, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Phanchaporn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wongmaneerung
keywords: combined acute appendicitis and incarcerated inguinal hernia
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