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ReviewBMJ case reports2021

De Garengeot's hernia in an elderly woman as a diagnostic challenge: a review of literature.

Zeeshan Saboor Ahmed, Sufyan Azam, Ayeshea Shenton, Akinfemi Ayobami Akingboye

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In one paragraph

Review in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Acute appendicitis as a complication of Garengeot's hernia: Case report.Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zeeshan Saboor AhmedGeneral Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.
Sufyan AzamDepartment of Radiology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
Ayeshea ShentonDepartment of Radiology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
Akinfemi Ayobami AkingboyeGeneral Surgey, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Dudley, UK a.akingboye@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-8440
Russells Hall Hospital · GBDudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

De Garengeot's hernia is the presence of an appendix in a femoral hernia and can be a rare cause of an acute groin swelling. Here, we present a case report of an elderly woman who was referred to us with a short history of a painful, tender lump in the right groin associated with nausea and vomiting. Her inflammatory markers were raised, and to establish a final diagnosis, an urgent CT scan was requested which showed a blind ending tubular structure in a hernia sac. She was taken to the theatre for urgent exploration of the groin which revealed that it was a femoral hernia, the sac of which contained gangrenous appendix, the base of which could not be accessed through the groin incision and, therefore, a lower midline laparotomy incision was made and a formal appendicectomy was done.

Indexed as

Abdominal PainAged, 80 and overAppendectomyAppendixFemaleHernia, FemoralHerniorrhaphyHumansInfarctionNauseaTomography, X-Ray ComputedVomitinggastrointestinal surgerygeneral surgery

Identifiers

PMID33509866
PMCPMC7845728
OpenAlexW3121361108

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