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Left-sided strangulated Amyand’s hernia presenting as testicular torsion in an infant

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The finding of an appendix in the hernial sac is termed Amyand’s hernia. There have been a few reports of perforated appendix in the hernial sac (right-sided) mimicking testicular torsion. We report an extremely rare case of a left-sided inguinal hernial containing sac containing perforated appendix which was never thought of in the preoperative assessment.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, JNMCH, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India

    R. A. Khan & I. Ghani

  2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, JNMCH, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    S. Wahab

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Khan, R.A., Wahab, S. & Ghani, I. Left-sided strangulated Amyand’s hernia presenting as testicular torsion in an infant. Hernia 15, 83–84 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-009-0616-9

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