Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography

Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography

Inguinal hernia is the most common seen groin hernias which mostly contain bowel. The incidence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia is seen in 1% of all inguinal hernia. This is known as Amyand's hernia. Appendix within a hernia can be normal or complicated by appendicitis. Most of thes...

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Main Authors: Husam Vehbi, Cagri Agirgun, Ferda Agirgun, Yuksel Dogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-06-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316301091
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spelling doaj-c01fcbe2a5ca47e9baea074fd7faba4c2021-02-02T09:06:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine2452-24732016-06-011627274Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomographyHusam Vehbi0Cagri Agirgun1Ferda Agirgun2Yuksel Dogan3Bartin State Hospital, Radiology Department, Bartin, Turkey; Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 5355251990.Bartin State Hospital, Radiology Department, Bartin, TurkeyBartin State Hospital, Radiology Department, Bartin, TurkeyBartin State Hospital, General Surgerey Department, Bartin, TurkeyInguinal hernia is the most common seen groin hernias which mostly contain bowel. The incidence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia is seen in 1% of all inguinal hernia. This is known as Amyand's hernia. Appendix within a hernia can be normal or complicated by appendicitis. Most of these cases are not diagnosed preoperatively and managed during surgery. Preoperative diagnosis of these cases is so rare. Very few cases have been reported so far.In our case, we diagnosed an inflamed appendix in a 49 years old female within right inguinal hernia by using ultrasound and confirmed it by CT scan. Keywords: Amyand's hernia, Appendicitishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316301091
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Cagri Agirgun
Ferda Agirgun
Yuksel Dogan
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Cagri Agirgun
Ferda Agirgun
Yuksel Dogan
Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
author_facet Husam Vehbi
Cagri Agirgun
Ferda Agirgun
Yuksel Dogan
author_sort Husam Vehbi
title Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
title_short Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
title_full Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
title_fullStr Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
title_full_unstemmed Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
title_sort preoperative diagnosis of amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
issn 2452-2473
publishDate 2016-06-01
description Inguinal hernia is the most common seen groin hernias which mostly contain bowel. The incidence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia is seen in 1% of all inguinal hernia. This is known as Amyand's hernia. Appendix within a hernia can be normal or complicated by appendicitis. Most of these cases are not diagnosed preoperatively and managed during surgery. Preoperative diagnosis of these cases is so rare. Very few cases have been reported so far.In our case, we diagnosed an inflamed appendix in a 49 years old female within right inguinal hernia by using ultrasound and confirmed it by CT scan. Keywords: Amyand's hernia, Appendicitis
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