Abstract
The presence of ovaries and fallopian tubes in the sac of female inguinal hernia is rare especially in childhood. However, complete herniation of the uterus side by side with ovaries and tubes constitutes extreme rarity. We herein present a 6-years old female patient whose inguinal hernia contains uterus in addition to ovaries and fallopian tubes. The aim of this report is to attract attention of surgeons to this rare possibility during surgical management of hernia in order to avoid the likely damage to herniated structures.
Highlights
Open AccessAn inguinal hernia in females is relatively uncommon as compared to males.The incidence in females is about 1.9%; the ratio of boys to girls is 6:1 [1]
It is known that the inguinal hernia is rare in females compared to males
The incidence of inguinal hernia in females is about 1.9%; the ratio of boys to girls is 6:1 [1]
Summary
An inguinal hernia in females is relatively uncommon as compared to males. Regarding the content of the hernia sac, about 15% - 20% of inguinal hernias in infant girls contain ovary and Fallopian tube; the presence of uterus within a hernia sac side by side with the ovaries and fallopian tubes is an extremely rare [2] [3]. There is nothing known about risk factors for such conditions in the literature. The independent risk factors are positive family history and obstination [3]. Since only few such cases are reported in the literature uterus herniation, we hereby report a case of infant female patient with left inguinal. Hernia that contains even uterus in addition to ovaries and fallopian tubes
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