Hernia de Amyand tipo 3. Reporte de caso

Amyand's hernia is described as the presence of the cecal appendix within an inguinal hernial sac with an inflammatory-infectious process or not, the frequency of which is <1% of cases of inguinal hernias. Objective: to present a clinical case and a bibliographic review of Amyand hernia type 3. Methods: A 65-year-old male patient with current disease that started 10 days before admission when, after physical effort, he presented a non-reducible increase in volume in the right inguinal region. Painful, later 24 hours before admission, he presented pain of strong intensity in the right inguinal region, persistence of increased volume and signs of phlogosis, nausea and thermal increases not quantified, for which he came to our institution. Physical exam: painful depressible soft abdomen on deep palpation in the right iliac fossa without signs of peritoneal irritation, volume increase was observed in the right inguinal region, not reducible, painful on palpation with flushing and local heat, male genitalia with pain on palpation of the right testicle. Results: Stuck right inguinal hernia. Surgical Intervention: Inguinal Hernioplasty by Preperitoneal Closure Technique without mesh placement, atypical appendectomy by Pouchet Technique. Conclusion: Amyand's hernia is a rare pathology, which presents <1% and accompanied by complications <0.1%, it should be suspected in patients presenting a right hernia pathology with leukocytosis and neutrophilia without another proven infectious focus, where the Diagnosis is mainly made intraoperatively as exposed in the present case.