DE GARENGEOT’S HERNIA - A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Natália T. De A. Albuquerque, James Lucocq and Darren J. Porter*
ABSTRACT
The French surgeon Rene Jacques Croissant de Garengeot first described the presence of an appendix in a femoral hernia sac in 1731. We present the case of a 97year old lady with an incarcerated right femoral hernia that contained small bowel and the appendix vermiformis. The treatment of choice of this rare condition is emergency surgery with hernia repair and synchronous appendicectomy. A suture or mesh repair of the femoral hernia may be undertaken, the choice of which depends on surgeon preference, the age of the patient and the intra-operative findings.
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