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Acta Pediatr Mex 2010; 31 (1)

Incarcerated inguinal hernia caused by sigmoid fecal impaction in an infant

Medina-Andrade MA, Gallardo-Meza AF, Piña-Garay MA, González-Sánchez JM

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 29-31
PDF size: 381.64 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We present the case of a two month old male with incarcerated inguinal hernia, twenty hours of evolution with associated vomiting. There was no history of constipation. Manual reduction of the hernia was unsuccessful. During surgery the sigmoid was not ischemic; it contained a compact fecal mass which caused the incarceration. This condition was successfully resolved with caudoceophalic taxis, rectal enemas and hernioplasty. This patient had an unusual form of incarceration. We could not find a similar case in literature.


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