Recurrent inguinoscrotal hernia with megaureter: A case report

• Autores: Muñoz Murillo, Willfrant Jhonnathan, Lozada Martinez, Ivan David, Bolaño Romero, Maria Paz, Suarez Causado, Amileth, Ospina Pérez, Christian German, Miranda Fontalvo, Asdrubal
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Horizonte médico
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe:article/926
• Enlace del recurso: https://www.horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe/index.php/horizontemed/article/view/926
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Enfermedades ureterales; Herniorrafia; Hernia inguinal; Ureteral diseases; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal hernia

Herniation is one of the most frequent surgical conditions. However, the presence of a megaureter in the hernia sac or content is extremely rare. Little has been reported on this topic in the world literature, and its diagnosis has been incidentally reached either as an intraoperative finding or during different contrast imaging studies. This is the clinical case of a patient with a history of inguinal hernia who underwent a herniorrhaphy 20 years ago and presented to the emergency department with a diagnostic impression of a relapsed hernial defect. He also had poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus. During his hospital stay, a diagnosis of relapsed hernia sac containing a megaureter was confirmed, and visceral-parietal adhesions and a subhepatic cecum were found.