2007
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-007-0388-0
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Colonic carcinoma presenting as strangulated inguinal hernia: report of two cases and review of the literature

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“…3 This is a necessary and correct procedure when a carcinoma is found in an inguinal hernia in the absence of any associated symptoms, or in an emergency to remove an obstruction.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…3 This is a necessary and correct procedure when a carcinoma is found in an inguinal hernia in the absence of any associated symptoms, or in an emergency to remove an obstruction.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most frequently reported site is a left inguinal hernia sac occupied by a sigmoid colon cancer. 2,3 Ruiz-Tovar et al reported a Medline search that revealed 28 cases of inguinal hernia containing a primary colon carcinoma. All of these cases have been treated using open surgery.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is aided by prolonged increase in intra-abdominal pressure from obesity, constipation, colonic tumors and bladder outlet obstruction [1], [7], [8] . The prevalence of sliding inguinal hernias was previously 6-8 % [4] of all inguinal hernias but this has decreased to 1-4% in recent publications [3], [4], [5] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Con respecto a la vía inguinal la ventaja es que se puede resolver ambas enfermedades por una única vía y evitar una laparotomía. La condición es realizar un tratamiento oncológicamente satisfactorio, para lo cual es necesario contar con un asa sigmoidea amplia (3,6) . Como desventaja se encuentra la eventual infección del sitio quirúrgico, ya que se trata de una cirugía limpia contaminada (cirugía colónica) y otra limpia (cirugía de la hernia inguinal) y en esta situación debe evitarse la realización de una hernioplastia y optar por una herniorrafia sabiendo su mayor porcentaje de recidiva.…”
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“…La presencia de un cáncer de colon como contenido de una hernia inguinal es una situación infrecuente, habiéndose publicado menos de 50 casos en la literatura hasta el momento actual (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) , habiendo sido uno de ellos comunicado en Uruguay por Palacio (9) en el año 1993.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified