Pubic and inguinal venous collaterals mimic inguinal hernia

Pubic and inguinal venous collaterals mimic inguinal hernia

Herein we report a case of a 38-year-old men who presented with acute suprapubic pain caused by a tubular, hypoechoic, non-compressible, inguinal mass with no flow evident on color Doppler sonography. The history of the patient, the clinical signs of local inflammation and tenderness on palpation as well as the results of the Doppler ultrasound examination led to the diagnose of an inguinal her...

Inguinal Bladder Hernia in Female Patient

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

The safest and most effective inguinal hernia repair (laparoscopic versus open mesh) is being debated. As the authors point out, the former accounts for the minority of hernia repairs performed in the United States and around the world. The reasons for this are a demonstration in the literature of increased operative times, increased costs, and a longer learning curve. But the laparoscopic appr...

Inguinal Hernia in Infancy

Two opposing views are held regarding the nature of congenital inguinal hernia, one championed by Hamilton Russel and the other by Sir Arthur Keith. Russell believes that the presence of a developmental pocket of peritoneum is all that is required to produce a hernia. But in mammals, other than man, the cavity of the processus vaginalis remains patent throughout life, and in them congenital ing...

Double Inguinal Hernia

of this rare condition, if you consider this short note worthy of publication. The patient, Hindu male, aged 48 years, was admitted into this hospital on 21st April, 1916, for double inguinal hernia. There was no suspicion at the time of any complication. He was thin, emaciated, with lax abdominal walls. Urine was normal. The herniae came down a little beyond the external abdominal ring. Tbey w...