2018 Volume 43 Issue 2 Pages 300-304
A woman in her 70ʼ visited a nearby clinic with the complaint of a bulge in the left inguinal region without pain. The mass could be reduced easily, and the patient was referred to our department with the diagnosis of inguinal hernia. Although the inguinal mass could not be reduced at the first visit, as the computed tomographic (CT) findings were suggestive of the presence of an edematous canal of Nuck, and not a segment of the intestine in the mass, we performed elective surgery. The surgical diagnosis was femoral hernia, and the herniated structure was the left fallopian tube. Salpingectomy was performed for incarceration of the fallopian tube. We repaired the hernia by inserting a plug into the femoral ring. Currently, at 5 months after the surgery, the patient remains without recurrence of the hernia. We report a case of femoral hernia, in which the herniated structure was the fallopian tube.
