Intraparietal (interstitial) hernia. A rare variety of a common condition

A rare variety of intraparietal hernia is described in a five-months-old boy. It was an extension of a right inguinal hernial sac with undescended; testis. The sac passed upwards and laterally between the external oblique aponeurosis and the internal oblique muscle. The patient was treated surgically by excision of the hernial sac and the right undescended testis fixed in a subdartous pouch. The baby was discharged from hospital in good condition.