Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report

Amyand's hernia is a condition in which vermiform appendix present in the inguinal hernia sac. It is a rare entity, even so in children and neonates. The presentation is often similar like obstructed or strangulated inguinal hernia in which patient came in with tender, often irreducible inguina...

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Main Authors: Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza, Gunasekar, Samuel, Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/2/Amyand_Hernia.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/5/Book_AmyandsHernia.pdf
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author Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza
Gunasekar, Samuel
Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah
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Gunasekar, Samuel
Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah
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description Amyand's hernia is a condition in which vermiform appendix present in the inguinal hernia sac. It is a rare entity, even so in children and neonates. The presentation is often similar like obstructed or strangulated inguinal hernia in which patient came in with tender, often irreducible inguinal swelling. Pre-operative diagnosis is usually difficult and in majority of patients, the correct diagnosis is only made intra-operatively. The difficult pre-operative diagnosis, however, does not affect the management in most cases as the affected patients are usually posted for emergency hernia repair immediately after presentation. We are presenting a case of an Amyand's hernia that occured in a neonate who presented on day 8 of life with sudden onset of right sided inguinal swelling. He was brought in early by the parents and posted urgently for surgery. Intra-operative finding revealed Amyand hernia with gangrenous appendix which was subjected to herniotomy and appendicectomy.
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spelling iium-368032018-06-19T07:12:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/ Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza Gunasekar, Samuel Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah RD Surgery Amyand's hernia is a condition in which vermiform appendix present in the inguinal hernia sac. It is a rare entity, even so in children and neonates. The presentation is often similar like obstructed or strangulated inguinal hernia in which patient came in with tender, often irreducible inguinal swelling. Pre-operative diagnosis is usually difficult and in majority of patients, the correct diagnosis is only made intra-operatively. The difficult pre-operative diagnosis, however, does not affect the management in most cases as the affected patients are usually posted for emergency hernia repair immediately after presentation. We are presenting a case of an Amyand's hernia that occured in a neonate who presented on day 8 of life with sudden onset of right sided inguinal swelling. He was brought in early by the parents and posted urgently for surgery. Intra-operative finding revealed Amyand hernia with gangrenous appendix which was subjected to herniotomy and appendicectomy. 2014-05-09 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/2/Amyand_Hernia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/5/Book_AmyandsHernia.pdf Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza and Gunasekar, Samuel and Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah (2014) Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report. In: 1st Borneo Paediatrics & Paediatric Surgery Conference 2014, 9-10th May 2014, School of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
spellingShingle RD Surgery
Ab. Rahman, Norhafiza
Gunasekar, Samuel
Ahmad Lela, Alia Maisyah
Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title_full Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title_fullStr Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title_short Amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
title_sort amyand's hernia in neonate: a case report
topic RD Surgery
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/2/Amyand_Hernia.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36803/5/Book_AmyandsHernia.pdf