Malignancy involving hernial sacs is rare. A 72 year old man is reported who had a right inguinal irreducible mass as an initial presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking irreducible inguinal hernia. The diagnosis was missed at the time of surgery and was revealed only by the histology results of the excised sac.

Lipoblastoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor occurring mostly in infancy and early childhood. It arises from white embryonic fat. Adipose tissue tumors constitute about 6% of all soft tissue neoplasms in children and lipoblastoma accounts for only 5 to 30% of adipose tissue tumors.[1-3] Many patients present with a painless mass, which lead to misdiagnosis. A 2-year old girl was admitted wit...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of postoperative inguinal hernia and to investigate whether the difference of approach could induce postoperative inguinal hernia after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. METHODS We reviewed 493 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy from November 2000 to November 2007, and evaluate...

The uterus, ovary, and fallopian tube are rarely present in an inguinal hernia. We report on an operation to treat just such a rare condition for a right inguinal hernia. An 87-year-old Japanese woman was admitted with swelling in the right inguinal region and a purulent discharge from the vagina. Vital signs were stable, but the mobile mass was irreducible. Computed tomography of the abdomen i...

Introduction Hernia is an abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through a normal body opening. An inguinal ring defect allows the abdominal contents to enter the subcutaneous space. The potential factors involved in the development of inguinal hernias might be anatomical, hormonal and metabolic in nature. However, the exact etiopathogenesis is still unknown (Smeak, 2003). Clinical signs oft...

Testicular ascent, while uncommon, can occur. A testicle that has ascended out of the scrotum can torse and may present as an acute inguinal mass or acute abdomen. Testicle ascent can occur even if previous intra-scrotal location has been documented.

A 37-year-old woman presented at 15 weeks’ gestation with a painful bulge in her left groin. She had first noticed the mass 2 weeks earlier, and it had been painless until the previous day. There had been no change in its size, and she was still passing flatus and having regular bowel movements, and she had no complaints of vomiting or abdominal distension. Her relevant medical history included...