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De Garengeot’s hernia: case report
Hernia de Garengeot. Reporte de caso
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https://doi.org/10.15446/cr.v8n1.90041Keywords:
Femoral hernia, Ultrasound, Appendix (en)Hernia femoral, Ultrasonido, Apéndice (es)
Introduction: De Garengeot hernia is an entity mainly diagnosed intraoperatively. It is more frequently observed in women and is defined as the presence of the vermiform appendix inside to femoral hernia. Most femoral hernias are identified based on clinical diagnosis, but diagnostic imaging is necessary for confirmation. Ultrasound, for example, is a valuable tool to characterize the anatomy of the hernia and its content, and to establish surgical planning.
Case presentation: A 75-year-old woman attended the general surgery department of a high complexity hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, due to a painful mass in the right inguinal region. The initial ultrasound study showed a femoral hernia containing the incarcerated appendix and periappendiceal fluid in the hernial sac. The patient developed chronic appendiceal inflammation, so she underwent femoral hernia repair with mesh and appendectomy without complications, achieving a satisfactory recovery.
Conclusion: Clinical examination may be sufficient to confirm the presence of a hernia in a large number of cases when the diagnostic approach involves the search of inguinal masses with pain. However, to facilitate surgical planning, diagnostic imaging, especially ultrasound with high resolution transducers, is the primary tool to characterize the type of hernia and the contents of the hernial sac.
Introducción. La hernia de Garengeot es una entidad cuyo diagnóstico es principalmente intraoperatorio, se presenta con mayor frecuencia en mujeres y corresponde al hallazgo del apéndice cecal contenido en una hernia femoral. La mayoría de las hernias femorales se identifican mediante diagnóstico clínico, pero para su verificación es importante hacer una valoración con imágenes diagnósticas: el ultrasonido, por ejemplo, es una herramienta valiosa para caracterizar la anatomía de la hernia y su contenido, y para establecer el planeamiento quirúrgico.
Presentación de caso. Mujer de 75 años quien asistió al servicio de cirugía general de un hospital de alta complejidad de Bogotá, Colombia, por presentar una masa dolorosa en región inguinal derecha. El estudio ecográfico inicial mostró una hernia femoral conteniendo el apéndice cecal con septos internos que separaban el líquido dentro del saco herniario. La paciente presentó inflamación crónica en el apéndice, por lo que se le practicó herniorrafía femoral con malla y apendicectomía sin complicaciones y con las cuales tuvo una recuperación satisfactoria.
Conclusiones. El examen clínico puede ser suficiente para confirmar la presencia de una hernia en un gran número de casos cuando se hace el abordaje diagnóstico de masas inguinales con presencia de dolor; sin embargo, las imágenes diagnósticas, especialmente la ecografía con transductores de alta resolución, constituyen la herramienta de primera línea para caracterizar el tipo de hernia y el contenido del saco herniario, lo que facilita la planeación quirúrgica.
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