• Arch Surg Chicago · Mar 1984

    Case Reports

    Masking of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm by incarcerated inguinal hernia.

    • J C Louras and J P Welch.
    • Arch Surg Chicago. 1984 Mar 1;119(3):331-2.

    AbstractInguinal hernia incarceration is one of the many conditions that can mask the presence of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Hypotension, anemia, and retroperitoneal blood in the inguinal operative field suggest that this aneurysm is present. Delay of appropriate treatment increases the mortality from this highly lethal condition.

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