Abstract
This case is reported to call attention to a very unusual complication of the paraffin injection treatment of hernia. REPORT OF CASE A man, aged 42, had had a right oblique inguinal hernia for nine years. Eight months before I examined it, a charlatan attempted to cure it by injecting paraffin. Immediately after the injection, the patient noticed a large swelling in the region of the internal ring, and a smaller mass a little lower which involved the spermatic cord. The cord was swollen and painful, and the right testis was tender on pressure. The patient complained of constant discomfort from the paraffin masses, and said that they were much more painful than the original hernia. At operation, under local anesthesia, I removed a large mass of paraffin, measuring 1 by 1 by 2 inches, from the internal oblique muscle; another one, measuring ½ by ½ by 1 inch, from
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