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Query: UMLS:C0019270 (
hernia
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Acute diverticulitis
may present with an abscess that is usually pericolonic or pelvic and can be treated with urgent surgery or percutaneous drainage. We present a case of a diverticular abscess presenting as a left inguinal hernia. This is analogous to an Amyand's
hernia
in which an inflamed appendix is found in a right inguinal hernia. The patient presented was managed with open drainage of the
hernia
and subsequent laparoscopic sigmoid resection in the same hospitalization.
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PMID:Diverticular abscess presenting as an incarcerated inguinal hernia. 1586 33
