Erginel Basak, Soysal Feryal Gun, Celik Alaaddin, Salman Tansu
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Pediatr Int. 2017 Jul;59(7):831-832. doi: 10.1111/ped.13297.
Appendicitis in newborns is uncommon and difficult to diagnose. Reports on neonatal appendicitis subsequent to inguinal hernia incarceration are exceptionally rare. We present the case of a 26-day-old infant with perforated appendicitis due to incarceration of a right inguinal hernia, mimicking right testicular torsion.
新生儿阑尾炎并不常见且难以诊断。关于腹股沟疝嵌顿后继发新生儿阑尾炎的报道极为罕见。我们报告一例26日龄婴儿,因右侧腹股沟疝嵌顿导致阑尾穿孔,酷似右侧睾丸扭转。