Complicated Acute Appendicitis Accompanying Amyand's Hernia
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Complicated acute appendicitis within a right inguinal hernia sac (Amyand's hernia): report of a case.
BACKGROUND The term Amyand's hernia refers to a rare clinical situation characterized by the presence of a normal or inflammed appendix within the sac of an inguinal hernia. The situation may be asymptomatic or may present as an incarcerated hernia in case of strangulation or acute appendicitis occurring inside the hernia sac. DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE We present the case of a right Amyand's he...
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عنوان ژورنال: BOĞAZİÇİ TIP DERGİSİ
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2149-0287
DOI: 10.14744/bmj.2019.14622