PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Qahtani, Hamad H.
AU  - Al-Qahtani, Tariq Z.
TI  - Perforated appendicitis within paraumbilical hernia
DP  - 2003 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1133--1134
VI  - 24
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/10/1133.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/10/1133.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Oct 01; 24
AB  - The appendix is not uncommonly encountered within an external hernial sac. However, acute appendicitis in hernia is quite rare. We report a female patient who was admitted and operated as a case of incarcerated, strangulated paraumbilical hernia and the hernial sac was found to contain part of the greater omentum, pus and acutely inflamed, gangrenous appendix, perforated at the tip. Appendicectomy and hernial repair were carried out through the same incision.