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Rev. chil. cir ; 59(2): 142-144, abr. 2007.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-627067

ABSTRACT

La presencia de apendicitis aguda en una hernia inguinal es un hecho infrecuente, con un 0,13% de los casos. Esta rara condición se conoce como Hernia de Amyand. La forma de presentación habitual es la de una hernia inguinal complicada. Es por este motivo que el diagnóstico preoperatorio de apendicitis aguda requiere de una alta sospecha clínica, realizándose mayoritariamente durante la cirugía. El estudio de imágenes, en particular la Tomografía Axial Computada, ha sido utilizado para plantear este diagnóstico. El tratamiento recomendado es la apendicectomía y la reparación primaria de la hernia en el mismo tiempo operatorio. No se debe utilizar prótesis por el riesgo de infección y fístula del muñón apendicular. Debido a lo excepcional de esta patología, presentamos el caso de un hombre de 75 años que se manifestó como una hernia inguinal complicada y cuyo diagnóstico de apendicitis se realizó en pabellón luego de abrir el saco.


The presence of an acute appendicitis in an incarcerated inguinal hernia, termed Amyand's hernia, is an uncommon and rare condition estimated to be found in approximately 0.13% of adult inguinal hernia repairs. The usual clinical presentation is as a complicated inguinal hernia; this is why the preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis requires a high clinical suspicion, even though the diagnosis of Amyand's hernia is done mainly during surgery. Computed tomography is a good diagnostic method. The treatment is surgical, and consists of an appendectomy with primary repair of the hernia. Synthetic mesh should not be used in the repair of contaminated abdominal wall defects, because the prosthetic material can increase the inflammatory response and result in wound infection and a possible appendiceal stump fistula. We report a 75 years old man who presented with a complicated inguinal hernia, in whom the diagnosis of acute appendicitis was made during surgery after opening the hernia sac.


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Humans , Male , Aged , Appendicitis/surgery , Appendicitis/diagnosis , Herniorrhaphy/methods , Hernia, Inguinal/surgery , Hernia, Inguinal/complications , Appendectomy/methods , Acute Disease , Treatment Outcome , Hernia, Inguinal/pathology
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