title: A rare presentation of an acute appendicitis.
abstract: Paraumbilical hernia sac usually contains omentum, bowel loop and rarely appendicular epiploicae, metastatic deposits and vermiform appendix. Presentation of acute appendicitis in a paraumbilical hernia is rare and limited to few case reports in the literature. Herein, we would like to report a case of a successfully treated acute appendicitis presenting in a paraumbilical hernia in an 84-year-old lady with 6-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK Alikordzadeh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kordzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Jiten P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kalyan
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Muhammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hanif
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos