Author:
Sylvester Rochelle,Singh Gautam,Haque Ali
Abstract
This case report involves an elderly woman who presented with a 3-day history of a tender groin swelling on her right side. Her admission bloods were fairly unremarkable, but a preoperative ultrasound impressively confirmed a femoral hernia containing the appendix (De Garengeot hernia) and she underwent emergency laparoscopic hernioplasty with a prosthetic mesh and appendicectomy. The procedure found an incarcerated hernia with a strangulated tip of the appendix that unexpectedly separated upon gentle manipulation and histopathology revealed appendiceal inflammation. There were no complications with the patient’s recovery and she was discharged 2 days after surgery.
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