2015
DOI: 10.15406/icpjl.2015.01.00014
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Incidental Identification of Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Presenting In an Incarcerated Ventral Hernia Sac

Abstract: Metastatic urothelial carcinoma in an incarcerated ventral hernia is exceedingly rare. Herein, we report a case of a 52 year-old man who had multiple incarcerated ventral hernias with metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Patient with a set of large abdominal wall hernias initially presented in septic shock with small bowel obstruction complicated by perforation, for which he required emergent exploration and repair of the hernias. Grossly, the "hernia sac" specimen consisted of firm fibromembranous tissue with an … Show more

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