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Two cases of fetal inguinoscrotal hernia and review of the literature

Fetal inguinal hernia is quite rare and here we report two cases of prenatally diagnosed inguinoscrotal hernia to add to the limited understanding of this rare condition. The disappearance of… Click to show full abstract

Fetal inguinal hernia is quite rare and here we report two cases of prenatally diagnosed inguinoscrotal hernia to add to the limited understanding of this rare condition. The disappearance of blood flow signal in the scrotum may be helpful in detecting fetal incarcerated inguinoscrotal hernia that may progress to strangulation. If bowel dilatation was observed in such cases, the physician should be alert to identify primary intestinal obstruction caused by congenital digestive tract malformation and secondary intestinal obstruction caused by incarceration.

Keywords: fetal inguinoscrotal; hernia review; inguinoscrotal hernia; cases fetal; two cases; hernia

Journal Title: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
Year Published: 2022

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