Mutlu Unver, Safak Ozturk, Kerem Karaman, Emre Turgut, Department of General Surgery, Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, 35100 Bornova, Turkey.
World J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Oct 27;5(10):285-6. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i10.285.
The presence of the appendix in an inguinal hernia sac has been referred to as Amyand's hernia. Vermiform appendix located in an external hernia sac is not an uncommon condition, and the incidence of these cases is approximately 1%. In Amyand's hernias, appendices are frequently found in the hernia sac; but an incarceration particularly on the left side is a very unusual sight. In this report we present 32-year-old male with Amyand's hernia on the left side.
腹股沟疝囊内出现阑尾被称为艾米安德疝。位于疝囊外的阑尾并不少见,其发病率约为 1%。在艾米安德疝中,阑尾常位于疝囊内;但嵌顿,特别是左侧嵌顿则非常罕见。在此我们报告一例 32 岁男性左侧艾米安德疝。