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Preoperative ultrasound scan of right groin swelling showing a presumed indirect inguinal hernia containing one bowel loop and fatty omentum.
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Intraoperative picture from exploration of femoral hernia sac. The acutely inflamed appendix has been delivered out.
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On opening the sac, an inflamed, incarcerated appendix was identified (Figure 2).