2019
DOI: 10.1155/2019/4217329
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Simultaneous Presentation of a Right Littre’s Hernia and a Left Amyand’s Hernia in a School-Aged Patient

Abstract: Introduction. Inguinal hernia is the most common condition in both male and female subjects. Amyand’s hernia is characterized by the presence of the cecal appendix, swollen or not, inside the inguinal hernia sac. It is a rare condition and represents 1% of all the inguinal hernia pathology. Littre’s hernia (LH) is a condition defined by the presence of a Meckel diverticulum (MD) inside a hernial sac. It is an extremely rare condition, with less than 50 cases reported in the last three hundred years, present in… Show more

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“…In order to avoid incarceration, the incidence of inguinal hernia is the most feared and smaller as the age decreases but this contradicted with ''inguinal hernia operations should be done as soon as possible'' knowledge (3). Appendectomy was performed in 7 (1.3%) patients during the inguinal hernia operation because of they had Amyand's hernia (6). Of the 147 female patients, 77 (52.4%) were performed right inguinal hernia repair, while 56 (38.1%) were left and 14 (9.5%) were bilateral.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to avoid incarceration, the incidence of inguinal hernia is the most feared and smaller as the age decreases but this contradicted with ''inguinal hernia operations should be done as soon as possible'' knowledge (3). Appendectomy was performed in 7 (1.3%) patients during the inguinal hernia operation because of they had Amyand's hernia (6). Of the 147 female patients, 77 (52.4%) were performed right inguinal hernia repair, while 56 (38.1%) were left and 14 (9.5%) were bilateral.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tiene una incidencia del 0,3 -3 % de la población, siendo 3 -4 veces más prevalente en hombres, se localiza en los 60 cm del íleon terminal y mide entre 4 a 6 cm de longitud y 2 cm de diámetro. Solo en el 10 % de los casos es sintomático 12 , manifestándose mediante sangrado o infección, que puede simular una apendicitis aguda 13 .…”
Section: Hernia De Littréunclassified
“…La hernia de Littré es poco frecuente y se presenta en un 1 -2 % de los casos de las personas que presentan un divertículo de Meckel 12,13 . La ubicación anatómica varía, encontrándose más frecuentemente en la hernia inguinal derecha en un 50 % de los casos, seguida de la femoral y la umbilical en 20 -30 %, sin embargo, también se han encontrado en hernias ventrales y obturatrices en un 10 % 12,14 .…”
Section: Hernia De Littréunclassified
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