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Hernia femoral - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Femorocele; Enteromerocele; Hernia crural

Definición:

Es una protrusión en la parte superior del muslo cerca de la ingle.

Una hernia se presenta cuando los contenidos del abdomen (generalmente parte del intestino delgado) irrumpen a través de un punto débil o ruptura de la delgada pared muscular del abdomen, la cual mantiene los órganos andominales en su lugar.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La mayoría de las veces, no hay ninguna causa clara de una hernia. Algunas hernias pueden estar presentes al nacer (congénitas), pero no se notan hasta más tarde en la vida.

Algunos factores que contribuyen a la aparición de una hernia abarcan:

Estreñimiento crónico
Tos crónica
Levantamiento de objetos pesados
Obesidad
Esfuerzo para orinar debido a una próstata agrandada

Las hernias femorales tienden a presentarse con más frecuencia en las mujeres que en los hombres.

Hernia inguinal

Hernia femoral

Reviewed last on: 9/12/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General Surgery practice specializing in breast cancer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Malangoni MA, Rosen MJ, eds. Hernias. In: Townsend CM Jr., Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 44.

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