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De Garengeot hernia

Last revised by Rania Adel Anan on 29 Apr 2023

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Citation:

Barras C, Anan R, Elfeky M, et al. De Garengeot hernia. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 14 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-29454

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-29454

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/29454

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29454

Article created:

26 May 2014, Christen Barras

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Christen Barras had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

29 Apr 2023, Rania Adel Anan

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At the time the article was last revised Rania Adel Anan had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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18 times, by 11 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Gastrointestinal

Tags:

general surgery

Synonyms:

de Garengeot's hernia
De Garengeot's hernia
Appendicitis within femoral hernia
Appendix within femoral hernia
De Garengeot's herniae
De Garengeot herniae

De Garengeot hernias (alternative plural: herniae) are femoral hernias that contain the appendix.

It is not to be confused with Amyand hernia, which is an appendix-containing inguinal hernia.

Epidemiology

It is a rare phenomenon, with only 1% of all femoral hernias containing the appendix (and usually found incidentally at surgery), and only 0.08-0.13% containing an incarcerated acute appendicitis (sometimes detected on pre-operative CT) ¹.

History and etymology

It is named after Rene Jacques Croissant de Garengeot (1688-1759), Parisian surgeon, who first described this pathology in 1731 ^4,5.

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