Abstract
Femoral hernia in the infant or child is a condition which is found infrequently. Only 0.4% 1,2 to 0.6% a of all hernias in children will be of the femoral variety. In a total of 3,395 adult hernioplasties performed in several general hospitals, 3.3% were femoral. 4 It is therefore evident that there is a significant increase in the incidence in the adult as compared with the child. Many 5 believe that femoral hernias are never congenital. Because of this belief and because we felt there was no recent review of the subject, we undertook a study of femoral hernias in children. We have observed two femoral hernias in children in the last five years. Report of Cases Case 1. —A 9-year-old white boy was admitted on Dec. 3, 1953, because of a right inguinofemoral mass of two months' duration. There had been no associated pain, nausea, or vomiting. At
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