Internal inguinal hernia in a 20-month-old boy

The authors report on a 20-month-old boy with internal inguinal hernia. The patient was reoperated for clinical signs of intestinal obstruction after an incarcerated inguinal hernia repair. The diagnosis of internal inguinal hernia was proven by surgical exploration. This is the first internal ingui nal hernia case reported in the literature and completely different from th e atypical parainguinal hernias reported before. J Pediatr Surg 35:1492-149 3. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.