Asbestos Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Asbestos, including details on mesothelioma, lung disease, dangers, effects, risks.

Primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in an incarcerated groin hernia: report of a case.

Testini M, Scattone A, Venere BD, Lissidini G, Piccinni G, Palmisano S, Serio G

Department of Applications in Surgery of Innovative Technologies, Section of General Surgery and Vascular Surgery and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari, Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma arising from the inguinal hernia sac is rare. We report the case of a 71-year-old man examined in our emergency department for a bilateral inguinoscrotal hernia, which was recurrent in the right groin, and primary and incarcerated in the left groin. An emergency exploratory operation revealed a firm mass, 10 cm in diameter, in the left inguinal hernia sac. The remaining peritoneal surface appeared macroscopically normal. Therefore, we resected the mass and performed a Rutkow hernioplasty. The patient was discharged after a short, uneventful recovery, and was referred to the oncology department for adjuvant therapy. He is now well and asymptomatic with no evidence of ascites, 26 months after his operation. A mesothelioma of the hernial sac peritoneum was the final histological diagnosis.

Published 2 May 2005 in Surg Today, 35(5): 421-4.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Asbestos Research Today. All Rights Reserved.