Incarcerated appendix within femoral hernia
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Case of Spigelian hernia with incarcerated appendix.
Spigelian hernias are uncommon lateral ventral wall hernias with a significant rate of incarceration; these hernias often produce nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms as well as elusive imaging findings. Although there are reported cases of incarcerated appendices within Spigelian hernias, this case specifically illustrates the diagnostic difficulty these hernias present to both surgeons and...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Formosan Journal of Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1682-606X
DOI: 10.1016/j.fjs.2014.06.001