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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;43(2):80-2.
doi: 10.5915/43-2-8069.

Eviscerated 'amyand' incisional hernia

Soumen Das  1 , Sudip Sarkar, Mriganka Ghosh, Utpal De
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Case Reports

Eviscerated 'amyand' incisional hernia

Soumen Das et al. J IMA. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

The presence of an inflamed appendix in an inguinal hernia sac is known as "Amyand" hernia. The appendix within an umbilical incisional hernia sac is rare, and its evisceration is even rarer. Here we report a case of spontaneous evisceration of an appendix through an umbilical incisional hernia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Keywords: Hernia; appendix.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Evisceration of appendix through large umbilical hernia.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Resected specimen: redundant skin, appendix, and part of omentum.
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