Muqueem Khalid, Kasa Somasekhar, Patil Nagareddy, Harsoori Mohammed Minhajuddin
Department of Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari, Karnataka 583104 India.
Indian J Surg. 2018 Apr;80(2):184-186. doi: 10.1007/s12262-018-1729-0. Epub 2018 Feb 8.
Interstitial hernias are a rare subtype of abdominal hernias, where sac is present in between the abdominal wall layers. Although, difficult to diagnose clinically, they are usually detected on imaging studies. Interstitial hernias presenting with undescended testis are common. Even after a meticulous online search of the medical literature, we could not find a case report of 'Strangulation of Interstitial hernia, with a strangulated undescended testis in an elderly man. We hereby present this extremely rare case, and possibly, this could be the first of its kind, case report in the medical literature. Our aim is to present a combination of rare presentations in an elderly cryptorchid person with strangulated interstitial hernia. A 65-year male patient presented with 4 days of pain abdomen and vomiting. He was having features of toxaemia. Ultrasonography revealed interstitial hernia with bowel loops. During surgery, gangrenous bowel loops with the sac between the interstitial planes, with strangulated cryptorchid testis, were found. Strangulated interstitial hernia in elderly cryptorchid person, leading to the strangulation of the undescended testis, is extremely rare, and this could be the first case reported in the medical literature.
间质性疝是腹疝的一种罕见亚型,疝囊位于腹壁各层之间。虽然临床诊断困难,但通常可通过影像学检查发现。伴有隐睾的间质性疝很常见。即便在对医学文献进行了详尽的在线检索后,我们仍未找到关于“老年男性间质性疝绞窄伴隐睾绞窄”的病例报告。在此,我们呈现这一极其罕见的病例,且这可能是医学文献中首例此类病例报告。我们的目的是展示一位患有绞窄性间质性疝的老年隐睾患者的罕见临床表现组合。一名65岁男性患者因腹痛和呕吐4天前来就诊。他有中毒血症的表现。超声检查显示为伴有肠袢的间质性疝。手术中发现了坏死的肠袢,疝囊位于间质性平面之间,同时伴有绞窄的隐睾。老年隐睾患者发生绞窄性间质性疝并导致隐睾绞窄极为罕见,这可能是医学文献中报道的首例病例。