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Littre’s hernia, an incarcerated ventral incisional hernia containing a strangulated meckel diverticulum: Report of a case

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Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Any hernia containing Meckel’s diverticulum is classified as a Littre hernia. Littre hernias typically occur in the inguinal region, and they may cause bowel obstruction secondary to strangulation or incarceration of the diverticulum within the hernial sac. This case appears to be the second reported of an incarcerated incisional hernia due to Littre’s hernia.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bulent Citgez, Gurkan Yetkin, Mehmet Uludag, Sinan Karakoc, Ismail Akgun & Hamdi Ozsahin

  2. Yavuklular sokak Gul Apt. No. 1 D 3, Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bulent Citgez

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Citgez, B., Yetkin, G., Uludag, M. et al. Littre’s hernia, an incarcerated ventral incisional hernia containing a strangulated meckel diverticulum: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 576–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-010-4308-y

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