{"title":"A left-sided incarcerated Amyand hernia in a 4-month-old male infant: a case report.","authors":"Roya Golmoradi Pilehroud, Alireza Ziyabakhsh, Keyvan Amini, Reza Panahizadeh, Mohammadamin Vatankhah, Hamed Mohammadi Haris","doi":"10.1186/s13256-025-05394-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Amyand hernias are inguinal hernias that involve the vermiform appendix and are very rare. Left-sided Amyand hernias are even rarer, and their diagnosis is often made intraoperatively.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>In this article, we report a case of left-sided Amyand hernia in a 4-month-old Persian male infant. He presented with left groin swelling, which extended to his left scrotum. He had suffered from a reducible left-sided inguinal hernia since he was 3 months old, which was no longer reducible in this episode. The diagnosis of left-sided Amyand hernia was made intraoperatively, and appendectomy, cecum reduction, and herniorrhaphy were performed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The best approach for treating Amyand hernias without appendicitis is controversial, and each approach has advantages and disadvantages; however, if there is acute appendicitis, appendectomy is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":16236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Case Reports","volume":"19 1","pages":"324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12236001/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-025-05394-w","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Amyand hernias are inguinal hernias that involve the vermiform appendix and are very rare. Left-sided Amyand hernias are even rarer, and their diagnosis is often made intraoperatively.
Case presentation: In this article, we report a case of left-sided Amyand hernia in a 4-month-old Persian male infant. He presented with left groin swelling, which extended to his left scrotum. He had suffered from a reducible left-sided inguinal hernia since he was 3 months old, which was no longer reducible in this episode. The diagnosis of left-sided Amyand hernia was made intraoperatively, and appendectomy, cecum reduction, and herniorrhaphy were performed.
Conclusion: The best approach for treating Amyand hernias without appendicitis is controversial, and each approach has advantages and disadvantages; however, if there is acute appendicitis, appendectomy is recommended.
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JMCR is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will consider any original case report that expands the field of general medical knowledge. Reports should show one of the following: 1. Unreported or unusual side effects or adverse interactions involving medications 2. Unexpected or unusual presentations of a disease 3. New associations or variations in disease processes 4. Presentations, diagnoses and/or management of new and emerging diseases 5. An unexpected association between diseases or symptoms 6. An unexpected event in the course of observing or treating a patient 7. Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
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