Huge (voluminous)‎ femoral hernia in a male : case report

Abstract EN

Femoral hernia is usually of a small size.

it is more common in females than males and presents in a strangulation.

it is considered a huge (voluminous) if it exceeds a volume of a fist.

herewith, a 54- year-old thin man presents with an irreducible but non-strangulated huge right femoral hernia.

diagnosis was confirmed by history and physical examination.

preoperative laboratory and chest x-ray were normal.

open mesh repair was done with uneventful postoperative course.

the patient was well after 18 months of operation without recurrence.