Hernia inguinal encarcelada por impacto fecal de sigmoides en un lactante

We present the case of a two month old male with incarcerated inguinal hernia, twenty hours of evolution with associated vomiting. There was no history of constipation. Manual reduction of the hernia was unsuccessful. During surgery the sigmoid was not ischemic; it contained a compact fecal mass which caused the incarceration. This condition was successfully resolved with caudoceophalic taxis, rectal enemas and hernioplasty. This patient had an unusual form of incarceration. We could not find a similar case in literature.