De Garengeot's hernia in a 60-year-old woman: a case report

Abstract

Introduction: De Garengeot first described the presence of the appendix within a femoral hernia in 1731.

Case presentation: We report the case of a 66-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with acute appendicitis within an incarcerated femoral hernia. This is the first reported case of de Garengeot's hernia in the Balkan area.

Conclusions: Appropriate management without incurring any delay for radiological imaging can be promising for an uneventful postoperative course. The treatment of choice of this disease entity is emergency surgery and consists in simultaneous appendectomy through the hernia incision and primary hernia repair. In patients with large hernia defects or in older people the use of mesh for repairing the hernia defect can be an excellent choice.

Figure 1

Preoperative frontal view that demonstrates a red, round bulge in the groin area. The black dotted line shows how the curved low inguinal incision was performed

Figure 2

Intraoperative image of the inflamed gangrenous appendix protruding through the femoral hernial sac.