(1) Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali, U.O. di Chirurgia Generale VI, Universita' degli Studi di Messina,;(2) Present address: Via San Domenico Savio is. 255/B , 98122 Messina, Italy
Abstract:
The authors report a case of gangrenous acute appendicitis in the sac of an inguinal hernia (Amyand's hernia). After a review
of the literature, they emphasise the extreme rarity of the case reported, they underline how the clinical picture is highly
similar to that of a strangulated inguinal hernia. They affirm that appendicectomy and hernioplasty may be performed at the
same time, since the repair of the hernia should be performed without prosthesis implantation due to the contamination of
the operating field.