"Sportsman's hernia". part two: multispecialist differentia diagnosis of most common disorders.

First part of the paper concerning sportsman’s hernia (Pol Przegl Chirurg 2012; 84(1) 90-100) presents pathophysiology, nomenclature and treatment of so called “sportsman’s hernia”. These disorders are traditionally treated by orthopedists, gynecologists, neurologists, urologists or surgeons and are infrequently manifesting as pain in the groin region. Therefore diagnosis of these disorders is complex, difficult and requires general knowledge of disorders of this region. This paper discusses multispecialist differential diagnosis of most common pain disorders in this region. Table 1 presents disorders causing complaints in the groin region that are difficult to differentiate from pain caused by inguinal hernia.