Left sided amyand's hernia

Khalid Hussain; Aurangzeb; Maqbool Ahmed; Jovaria Masood

Author(s)

Khalid Hussain Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Aurangzeb Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Maqbool Ahmed Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Jovaria Masood Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Abstract

The finding of an appendix in the hernial sac is a rare entity known as Amyand's hernia. It is even more rare when it occurs on the left side. We report a rare presentation of Amyand's hernia, where the appendix was found inflamed during surgery for a left sided obstructed inguinal hernia in a 40 years old male. The patient underwent appendicectomy and repair of the hernial sac and had an uneventful recovery. The possibility of the presence of a situs inversus or malrotation, as an underlying cause for the observed pathology, was excluded by X-ray examination.

Publication Details

Page(s) 62-63

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Year: 2014

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Keywords

Amyand's Hernia, Inguinal hernia, Appendicitis, Appendix