SIGMOID CANCER IN A NON-REDUCTIBLE INGUINAL HERNIA: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Surgery | ||
| Article 7, Volume 30, Issue 3, July 2011, Pages 132-137 PDF (611.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Case Report | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsur.2011.367361 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rosa Martinez Castro* 1; Jose Felipe Reoyo Pascual1; Oscar Vidal Doce1; Juan Luis Seco Gil1; Jesus Aldea Martinez2 | ||
| 1Department of General and Digestive Surgery. General Yagüe Hospital Burgos | ||
| 2Department of Radiology. General Yagüe Hospital. Burgos, Spain | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: Inguinal hernia and cancer of the colon are two common diseases, but the form of presentation of colon cancer contained within an inguinal hernia sac is rare, with only 28 cases having been published up to the present time. Methods: A review was carried out of the clinical cases published in the world literature, as well as Tables summarising these cases published on the Internet. We add a case treated by us, and we have prepared a new, updated and extended Table. Results: We present a Table with 36 cases of incarcerated hernias in the colon published up to the present time. All were males with ages between 44 and 95 years (mean 72.5 years). Twenty-nine cases were contained within a left inguinal hernia (80.55%) and 7 (19.44%) within a right one. The most frequent location was the left colon in 31 cases (86.1%) and five in the right colon. Nine (25%) of the colon cancers were found to be perforated. Preoperative diagnosis was made in 8 cases (22.2%), 5 using opaque enema, one with opaque enema and sigmoidoscopy, one using colonoscopy and CT, and in our case using CT. The exclusive inguinal approach route was only performed on 4 patients. Conclusion: On being presented with an incarcerated inguinal hernia associated with an intestinal obstruction, the combination of a colon cancer contained within it must be ruled out using imaging techniques, both to confirm the diagnosis, and also to plan the surgical technique. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Colon cancer; inguinal hernia; Incarcerated inguinal hernia | ||
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