Amyand’s hernia in adult and pediatric practice. Urological aspects
- Authors: Shchedrov D.N.1,2, Shormanov I.S.1, Garova D.Y.1, Sidorova N.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Yaroslavl State Medical University
- Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital
- Issue: Vol 13, No 2 (2023)
- Pages: 157-164
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/uroved/article/view/134255
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/uroved375329
- ID: 134255
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Abstract
Amyand’s hernia, an inguinal hernia that contains the appendix within the hernia sac, is a rare condition in surgical, and even more so in urological practice. It is difficult to diagnose due to its low frequency, anatomical atypicality and urgency. There are no review publications on this issue, and those that are available are mainly descriptions of individual cases. In this article an attempt was made to highlight the largest possible number of clinical observations that reflect the urological aspects of the problem and present them in a systematic manner. Aim — to analyze the available publications covering the urological aspects of Amyand’s hernia.
The literature review was carried out on the basis of publications covering the urological aspects of Amyand’s hernia in adults and children, published in PubMed databases and Scientific Electronic Library eLibrary.ru. The search was carried out by the following keywords: “Amyand’s hernia”, “acute scrotum”, “inflammatory diseases of the scrotum”, “Fournier’s phlegmon”, “scrotal fistula” (in Russian and English). Taking into account the rarity of the analyzed problem, the analysis includes publications for the last 15 years. 189 publications related to the topic of the review were identified. 38 publications of the greatest scientific and practical interest were selected directly for citation in the review. The maximum number of available publications reflecting the “urological aspects” of Amyand’s hernia has been analyzed, and an attempt has been made to systematize them clinically. The variety of clinical manifestations caused by Amyand’s hernia is commonly referred to in the English literature as “Amyand’s hernia syndrome”. We have identified the following variants of the clinical course: scrotal fistula — a casuistic variant described in detail only by C. Amyand; picture of the “acute scrotum” syndrome — the most frequent variant of the clinical course of Amyand’s hernia with scrotal manifestations is noted mainly in childhood, however, it can also occur in adults in all age groups; phlegmon of the scrotum, phlegmon of Fournier — an extremely rare variant of the clinical course with scrotal manifestations, publications on this subject are rare.
Amyand’s hernia being a rare surgical problem in both children and adults, has a number of urological “masks”, causing diagnostic difficulties and is of some interest to the urologists.
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Dmitry N. Shchedrov
Yaroslavl State Medical University; Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital
Email: shedrov.dmitry@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0686-0445
SPIN-code: 7354-7379
ResearcherId: HHZ-7778-2022
Dr. Sci. (Med.), assistant professor of the Department of Urology and Nephrology, head of the Department of Pediatric Uroandrology
Russian Federation, 5 Revolutsionnaya st., Yaroslavl, 150000; YaroslavlIgor S. Shormanov
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Email: i-s-shormanov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2062-0421
SPIN-code: 7772-8420
Scopus Author ID: 6507085029
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, head of the Department of Urology with Nephrology
Russian Federation, 5 Revolutsionnaya st., Yaroslavl, 150000Daria Yu. Garova
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Email: dar.garova@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4457-9694
SPIN-code: 5789-8889
clinical resident
Russian Federation, 5 Revolutsionnaya st., Yaroslavl, 150000Natalia A. Sidorova
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: nsidorova775@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-3624-8639
student
Russian Federation, 5 Revolutsionnaya st., Yaroslavl, 150000References
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