Introduction Hernia is an abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through a normal body opening. An inguinal ring defect allows the abdominal contents to enter the subcutaneous space. The potential factors involved in the development of inguinal hernias might be anatomical, hormonal and metabolic in nature. However, the exact etiopathogenesis is still unknown (Smeak, 2003). Clinical signs oft...

BACKGROUND Richter's obturator hernia is a rare abdominal hernia that is difficult to diagnose. The purpose of this case report is to show an unusual presentation of a fatal Richter's obturator hernia that was accompanied by a femoral abscess. CASE REPORT An 89-year-old woman complained of sudden left coxalgia and a gait disorder but no abdominal symptoms. She had no history of trauma or surger...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Although blunt trauma to a hernia-containing bowel is known to cause bowel perforation, this report documents the first incident of a small bowel transection following a non-traumatic event. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 49-year-old African American man with a chronic incarcerated inguinal hernia awaiting elective repair. He presented to the Emergency De...

The presence of free air within a hiatal hernia sac is an uncommon reported entity. This finding has been described in the surgical literature1-4 secondary to incarcerated hiatal hernias complicated by gastric ulceration and perforation. There have, however, been no reports of this entity in the radiology literature. Our patient presented to the emergency department complaining of epigastric pa...


 Acute pancreatitis is a common disease with multiple clinical and radiological manifestations, which sometimes might be very uncommon. Our case an untypical of extra-pancreatic complication in acute severe pancreatitis, was misdiagnosed as incarcerated inguinal hernia on CT imaging treated surgically. It illustrates the importance every feature challenge interpreting data.

BACKGROUND We offer the first report of laparoscopic repair of an irreducible femoral hernia containing the fallopian tube alone. CASE PRESENTATION An 84-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of a right groin mass with no abdominal symptoms. The mass was located below the inguinal ligament but showed no redness or tenderness. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a 4 × 3-cm cyst...

A 73−year−old man who presented with symptoms of abdominal cramping and bloody stool passage underwent colonos− copy. After sedation, the procedure was carried out without difficulty, until at ap− proximately 60 cm, the colonoscope could not be advanced, although the lumen was clearly visible. Attempts to withdraw the scope failed and resulted in significant lower abdominal pain, as well as res...

Inguinal hernias are a widespread condition, responsible for large number of acute abdomen cases. Typically, indirect, rather than direct, the ones leading to complications, as consequence their narrower hernial defect. Our case concerns rare incidence direct incarcerated hernia in 71-year-old man who presented with pain left inguinal area. Upon clinical examination, an irreducible mass was pal...