Τίτλος:
Intestinal necrosis and sigmoid colon obstruction due to bilateral
strangulated femoral hernia in a male: a rare surgical and anatomic case
report
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Bilateral femoral hernia is a peculiar clinical condition, with female
predominance, with only a few cases reported in the literature. There
are only two cases of bilateral strangulated femoral hernias, and these
occur solely in females. To our knowledge, in the present manuscript, a
bilateral strangulated femoral hernia in a male patient is reported for
the first time. A 68-year-old male proceeded to the emergency department
of our institution with symptoms of bowel obstruction. Abdominal
computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and subsequent emergency
laparotomy revealed obstruction of the sigmoid colon and simultaneous
necrosis of several loops of the small intestine due to bilateral
strangulated femoral hernia. The operation was uneventful. Despite the
scarcity of this clinical condition, surgeons' awareness is fundamental,
in addition to deep knowledge of the pathology and the anatomy of
femoral hernias, in order to diagnose and treat adequately strangulated
and incarcerated femoral hernias.
Συγγραφείς:
Zarokosta, Maria
Paraskevas, George
Chrysanthou, Chrysanthos and
Piperos, Theodoros
Foutsitzi, Aikaterini
Nikas, Dimitris and
Mariolis-Sapsakos, Theodoros
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Εκδότης:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/jscr/rjab453
