De Garengeot´s hernia. Apropos of a case

Víctor Juan Caraballoso García; Javier Cabrera Reyes; Norkis Alonso Domínguez; Abel Santana González-Chávez; Idanis Orea Cordero

2018, Number 2

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Rev Méd Electrón 2018; 40 (2)

De Garengeot´s hernia. Apropos of a case

Caraballoso GVJ, Cabrera RJ, Alonso DN, Santana González-Chávez A, Orea CI

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ABSTRACT

The eponym De Garengeot´s hernia is reserved to describe the presence of the cecal appendix inside a crural hernia sac. It is infrequent to find the appendix inside the femoral canal, location presented in 0.9 % of femoral hernias. The presence of appendicitis inside the femoral canal is a rarity representing from 0.13 to 0.8 % of all the cases of acute appendicitis. A case is presented, and the clinical characteristics and the surgical treatment are described.