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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM INGUINAL HERNIAS
• AN INGUINAL HERNIA MAY CONSIST OF INTESTINE OR OMENTUM.
• PATIENTS WITH AN INGUINAL HERNIA OFTEN PRESENT WITH PERSISTENT
OR INTERMITTENT SCROTAL SWELLING.
• PATIENTS MAY ALSO HAVE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BLOOD WITHIN THEIR STOOL.
• SONOGRAPHICALLY, AN INGUINAL HERNIA WILL OFTEN SHOW A MASS THAT HAS PERISTALSIS AND THAT MAY CONTAIN AIR AND FLUID.
• A HYDROCELE MAY ALSO BE AN ASSOCIATED FINDING.
• THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BOWEL CAN BE LOST WHEN AN INGUINAL HERNIA
BECOMES INCARCERATED AND STRANGULATED.
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