Question 268 · LEK · Inguinal hernia
An elderly male patient with obturative lung disease was diagnosed with hernia. It was protruding from the abdominal cavity through the transverse fascia which forms the posterior wall of the inguinal canal, at the site bordering the conjoint tendon at the top, the inguinal ligament at the bottom, and laterally, through inferior epigastric vessels. The hernia in such location is known as:
- A. oblique inguinal hernia.
- B. scrotal hernia.
- C. direct inguinal hernia.
- D. femoral hernia.
- E. spigelian hernia.
Hint
Locate the defect relative to the inferior epigastric vessels; the weak area medial to them is Hesselbach's triangle.
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