Perforated appendicitis within paraumbilical hernia

Authors

• Hamad H. Al-Qahtani, Senior Registrar General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Riyadh Medical Complex, PO Box 57031, Riyadh 11574, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4611453. Fax. +966 (1) 4611453. E-mail: hamad232326{at}hotmail.com
• Tariq Z. Al-Qahtani, Department of General Surgery, Riyadh Medical Complex, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The appendix is not uncommonly encountered within an external hernial sac. However, acute appendicitis in hernia is quite rare. We report a female patient who was admitted and operated as a case of incarcerated, strangulated paraumbilical hernia and the hernial sac was found to contain part of the greater omentum, pus and acutely inflamed, gangrenous appendix, perforated at the tip. Appendicectomy and hernial repair were carried out through the same incision.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

1133

Last Page

1134

Recommended Citation

Al-Qahtani, Hamad H. and Al-Qahtani, Tariq Z. (2003) "Perforated appendicitis within paraumbilical hernia," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 24: Iss. 10, Article 23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.2200