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01.04.2012 | letter to the editors

Meckel’s diverticulitis in Amyand’s hernia

verfasst von: Mustafa Yıldız, MD, Ahmet Şevki Karakayalı, MD, Adnan Taş, MD, Pınar Yıldız, MD, Ali Cihat Yıldırım, MD, Hakan Buluş, MD, Seyfettin Köklü, MD

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 7-8/2012

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The presence of the appendix within an inguinal hernia has been referred to as ‘Amyand’s hernia’ to honour Cladius Amyand surgeon of King George II. Amyand was first to describe the presence of a perforated appendix within the inguinal hernial sac in 1735 [1]. Most cases are diagnosed intra-operatively rather than pre-operatively. Appendicular diverticulitis in an Amyand’s hernia was rare [2]. We present a case of an inguinal hernia containing both the Amyand’s hernia and a Meckel’s diverticulum. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Meckel’s diverticulitis in Amyand’s hernia
verfasst von
Mustafa Yıldız, MD
Ahmet Şevki Karakayalı, MD
Adnan Taş, MD
Pınar Yıldız, MD
Ali Cihat Yıldırım, MD
Hakan Buluş, MD
Seyfettin Köklü, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2012
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 7-8/2012
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-012-0153-x

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