An enlarging irreducible groin lump

When a groin lump is more than a simple groin lump.

Groin lump secondary to avulsion fracture of the adductor muscles of the middle thigh in the absence of any hernia is rare. The authors discuss a case of a young footballer who presented with a painful groin swelling. Surgical exploration revealed that the cause of the lump was an avulsion fracture of the adductor muscles.

A rare differential diagnosis of a groin lump: lymphangioma.

To cite: Misro A, Misro R, Sapkota P. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200026 DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with worsening pain over a slow growing left groin swelling that started few weeks ago. The only other symptom was an episode of vomiting on the day of presentation. The patient had undergone a saphe...

A Tumour of the Scrotum and Groin Stimulating an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia

part simulating strangulation. The tumour, according to the patient, started about 15 years previously and used to get small or big according as he was regular in his bowels or constipated. For the last year it had been getting bigger. Five days before admission he was constipated and the tumour became larger, more tender, with nausea and loss of appetite. On admission his temperature was 99.4?...

An enlarging abdominal mass.

An Enlarging Airway Foreign Body

A 25-year-old female patient presented with dry coughs of 20 days duration and fever for four days. Examination of respiratory system revealed no significant abnormality. Chest radiograph was normal. CT scan of the thorax revealed endobronchial opacity in the right main bronchus suggestive of a foreign body. Patient retrospectively recollected history of betel nut aspiration just prior to onset...