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CT and US findings of ovarian torsion within an incarcerated inguinal hernia

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Inguinal hernia is relatively common in children. Although inguinal hernia is not frequently encountered in girls in comparison to boys, there are occasional cases of uterine or ovarian herniation in female indirect inguinal hernia. Incarcerated ovary in hernia sac has the risk of torsion and strangulation. We present an 8-year-old girl with painful mass in her left groin. With computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (US), we made the diagnosis of ovarian strangulation within an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Since ultrasound is primarily used for evaluation of groin mass, CT findings of an incarcerated inguinal hernia is rarely reported.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 948-1, Korea

    Park Mee Hyun, Yul Lee, Ik Yang, Dae Hyun Yang & Ji-Young Hwang

  2. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 86 Asanbyeongwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea

    Ah Young Jung

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Hyun, P.M., Jung, A.Y., Lee, Y. et al. CT and US findings of ovarian torsion within an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Emerg Radiol 22, 91–94 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-014-1248-7

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