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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Incarcerated inguinal hernia as a complication of new-onset ascites
  1. Matthew R Zeitler1,
  2. Noah Wouk2
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, UNC Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine, UNC Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Matthew R Zeitler, matthew.zeitler{at}unchealth.unc.edu

Summary

This case report presents a patient who developed an acute incarcerated inguinal hernia as a result of newly acquired ascites, a complication of ascites that is not well documented in the medical literature. His story highlights an important and potentially morbid complication of new-onset ascites.

  • Stomach and duodenum
  • General practice / family medicine
  • Gastric cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219613

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors NW and MZ equally wrote, edited and revised this case report. They individually reviewed the final draft and take full responsibility for its contents. Both may be held accountable for all aspects of this work.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.