Inguinal Hernia Containing Omental Fat
A hernia may develop in various parts of the body most commonly in the region of the abdomen.
Inguinal hernia containing omental fat. Apart from affecting the omentum rather than the small bowel mesentery absence of the halo sign make mesenteric panniculitis unlikely. Case presentation a 40 year old caucasian man came to our emergency department with abdominal pain of the left quadrant and abdominal distension for 2 days. On testicular ultrasound one could consider spermatic cord lipoma on the differential if an inguinal hernia contains only omental fat. Bilateral fat containing inguinal hernias.
Answered on may 9 2019. Note the mesenteric fluid and fat stranding arrows which cause mass effect. Weight loss before hernia repair surgery university of michigan. Her ne ah the abnormal protrusion of part of an organ or tissue through the structures normally containing it.
Segmental omental infarct is a ddx of misty mesentery. Fat containing umbilical hernia. A bilateral inguinal hernia is a soft tissue injury that occurs along the inguinal crease the margin on the front of the hip where the leg meets the body forming a diagonal line. An inguinal hernia is a bulging of the contents of the abdomen through a weak area in the lower abdominal wall.
July 19 2020. A 34 year old male asked. 26 years experience internal medicine. Omental infarction extending to an inguinal hernia in a 48 year old man.
A axial contrast enhanced ct scan of the abdomen shows a severe inflammatory process in the right lower quadrant. If the defect is big enough often the intestinal covering called the omentum which is fat will slip into this defect. Shelby miller last modified date. Inguinal hernias most often contain fat or part of the small intestine.
Inguinal hernias can occur at either of two passages through the lower abdominal wall one on each side of the groin. Exit below the inguinal ligament and caudal to the emergence of the inferior epigastric vessels. It is known as bilateral because the injury occurs on both sides although an inguinal hernia that only affects one side a unilateral inguinal hernia is also common. A weak spot or other abnormal opening in a body wall permits part of the organ to bulge through.
What is right inguinal hernia with omental contents. In girls or women inguinal hernias may. Movement of the fat with the valsalva maneuver is more likely an indirect hernia. Inguinal hernia is a common condition but not frequently related with torsion of the omentum.
There is an outpouching of your abdominal contents the omentum through the abdominal wall in the right groin area.