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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003;79:707-708
© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003;79:707-708
© 2003 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CASE REPORT

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour in an inguinal hernial sac: an unusual presentation

A Goyal, R E Mansel, S Goyal

Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff

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Mr Amit Goyal
Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK; goyala{at}cf.ac.uk

ABSTRACT

Malignancy involving hernial sacs is rare. A 72 year old man is reported who had a right inguinal irreducible mass as an initial presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumour mimicking irreducible inguinal hernia. The diagnosis was missed at the time of surgery and was revealed only by the histology results of the excised sac.

Keywords: gastrointestinal stromal tumour; inguinal hernia


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