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Acute appendicitis within a femoral hernia: multidetector CT findings.

Fukukura Y, Chang SD

Department of Radiology, Abdominal Division, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. yoshihiko2002jp@yahoo.co.jp

We present a case of surgically proved acute appendicitis strangulated in a femoral hernia sac. Multidetector computed tomography with multiplanar reformations was thought to be helpful in evaluating acute appendicitis in a femoral hernia sac. An awareness of computed tomographic findings may avoid a delay in recognition and management of a patient with this unusual condition.

Published 17 October 2005 in Abdom Imaging, 30(5): 620-2.
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