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A. CT scan showing bladder herniated/protruded into the Left groin; axial view. B. CT scan of the pelvis shows a slice through the bladder intraperitoneally and a part of the bladder herniating through the Left inguinal hernia/groin. The urinary bladder is stretched into the left inguinal hernia. No bladder mass or calcifications seen/present.
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A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed left inguinal hernia containing a portion of the urinary bladder (Fig. 1A-C).
A. Left inguinal incision seen (patient's head is to the right of the photo, the patient's feet to the left of the photo); bladder starting to distend as the bladder catheter was being filled with sterile saline. Penrose drain seen around the inguinal cord structures. B. Distended bladder seen via the left inguinal incisions (head of the pt is to the right of the picture; feet of the pt to the left of the picture). The bladder is protruding through the inguinal/groin incision filled with sterile saline via the bladder catheter.
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The inguinal hernia sac was initially difficult to differentiate from the bladder due to its thickness (Fig. 2A, B).