Bilocular Type of Inguinal Interparietal Hernia—A Case Report—

Abstract

A 77-year-old man was referred to our department for further investigation and treatment of a suspected left inguinal hernia and left Spigelian hernia. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) resulted in a diagnosis of indirect inguinal hernia with an interparietal hernia sac, and it was decided to perform laparoscopic surgery. The intraoperative findings were consistent with the CT results, and from the laparoscopy findings it was determined that routine laparoscopic inginal hernia repair was feasible. An inguinal interparietal hernia is an unusual type of hernia in which the hernia sac may extend into the abdominal the fascial layers. Since a bilocular type of interparietal hernia is particularly unusual, this case is reported along with a short discussion of the literature.