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Case Reports
. 1990 Jun;87(6):485-7.

Cancer in inguinal hernias

J W Knecht  1
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  • PMID: 2359548
Case Reports

Cancer in inguinal hernias

J W Knecht. N J Med. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

Cancer in inguinal hernias is rare. The author reports the first case of thymoma metastatic to an inguinal hernia sac (saccular) and the 13th case of colon cancer in an inguinal hernia (intrasaccular); both cases presented clinically as incarcerated hernias.

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