Pediatric femoral hernias: a case report and review of the literature.

Farooq Shahzad; Sarah Bowen-Pasfield; Richard Vaughan; Tarun Kumar

Pediatric femoral hernias: a case report and review of the literature.

Farooq Shahzad^*, Sarah Bowen-Pasfield, Richard Vaughan, Tarun Kumar

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Abstract

Femoral hernias are rarely seen in children. We are presenting a case report of a femoral hernia with a review of the literature. It is always challenging to diagnose femoral hernias in children, particularly when the child has already undergone an operation for same side inguinal hernia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	10-11
Number of pages	2
Journal	The West Virginia medical journal
Volume	104
Issue number	2
State	Published - Jan 1 2008

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