Asymptomatic Meconium Peritonitis Presenting as Inguinal Hernia in a Female Neonate

Inguinal hernias in girls are often irreducible when they contain ovaries. Rarely the hernial sacs may have unusual contents like vermiform appendix, uterus and urinary bladder. We report a case of a female infant who presented with bilateral irreducible inguinal hernias presumed to be due to ovari...

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Main Authors: Sivasankar Jayakumar, Laila Hatsell, Nitin Patwardhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EL-Med-Pub 2013-09-01
Series:Journal of Neonatal Surgery
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Online Access:https://jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/55