STOMACH IN INGUINOSCROTAL HERNIA

We present two cases of inguinoscrotal hernia that contains stomach, b oth associated with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; one of th em is shown with a intermittent gastric obstruction syndrome, the othe r being a radiological finding in a patient with dispeptic symptoms. T he first one died of a respiratory infection, before operation, and th e second refused operation because of his scarce symptomatology. A rev iew of the literature shows 60 cases reported including our cases. ing uinoscrotd hernia, gastric strangulation, gastric perforation, upper g astrointestinal bleeding, outlet gastric obstruction, gastric ectopic.