Hallazgo intraoperatorio de hernia de Amyand: reporte de caso y revisión de literatura.
Delia Buitrago,
Susan Rojas-Rivas,
Aguasanta González-Delatorre
et al.
Abstract:Abstract. Amyand’s hernia is an inguinal hernia that contains the cecal appendix inside. It is a rare entity and its discovery is generally made intraop-eratively. We present the case of a older male adult, with a soft tumor, with pro-gressive increase in volume, in the right inguinal region accompanied by local pain, reducible at rest. During surgery, a hernial sac was found with an enlarged cecal appendix inside it, with signs of inflammation. An appendectomy was per-formed. The hernia sac was rei… Show more
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