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AGUILA GOMEZ, Mauricio Vicente. GARENGEOT’S HERNIA, FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: A PURPOSE OF A CASE. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2024, vol.30, n.1, pp.41-46.  Epub 30-Jun-2024. ISSN 1726-8958.

Garengeot hernia is the presence of the cecal appendix within a stuck/strangulated crural hernia. It is a rare entity of low incidence, little known in the world, most are diagnosed during the surgical act. The objective of this article is to present a case of Garengeot Hernia, diagnosed and treated at the Los Pinos Municipal Hospital, in a 67-year-old patient; that after the symptomatological and semiological review, the diagnosis of Right Crural Hernia Strangulated was given, it was scheduled for emergency surgery and in the surgical act after the opening of the hernial sac the cecal appendix was identified within it. Due to the atypia of the picture, historical, etiological and physiopathological aspects will be focused; which implies taking into account to direct the most appropriate treatment according to findings and condition of the patient, in this rare variety of hernias.

Palabras clave : hernia; Garengeot; appendicitis.

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