Diagnosis of an Inguinal Hernia after a Blunt Inguinal Trauma with an Intestinal Perforation
Joint Authors
Moustafa, Farès
Vaz, Marie-Aude
Schmidt, Jeannot
Avouac, Julien
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Inguinal hernias are very common in men.
A clinical exam can do the diagnosis easily.
But bowel perforation inside an inguinal hernia caused by a directly blunt trauma is rare and can have important consequences.
Up to now, there have been a few case reports that described blunt injury to the inguinal area causing traumatic perforation of the bowel in the inguinal hernia.
Case Report.
We present a case of a 45-year-old Eastern European man with a small perforation of ileal bowels and a peritonitis after direct blunt trauma to the inguinal hernia region, with no inguinal hernia known by the patient, and show how the diagnosis can be difficult.
Conclusion.
This case shows that external forces, that may seem too trivial to cause intraperitoneal injury, can cause significant injury when applied to a patient with a hernia and shows how a careful examination, with the help of an abdominal CT scan, is important even if the patient do not seem to have an inguinal hernia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Moustafa, Farès& Avouac, Julien& Vaz, Marie-Aude& Schmidt, Jeannot. 2014. Diagnosis of an Inguinal Hernia after a Blunt Inguinal Trauma with an Intestinal Perforation. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488571
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Moustafa, Farès…[et al.]. Diagnosis of an Inguinal Hernia after a Blunt Inguinal Trauma with an Intestinal Perforation. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488571
American Medical Association (AMA)
Moustafa, Farès& Avouac, Julien& Vaz, Marie-Aude& Schmidt, Jeannot. Diagnosis of an Inguinal Hernia after a Blunt Inguinal Trauma with an Intestinal Perforation. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488571
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488571