A 5-month-old girl with an inguinal hernia has to be removed one ovary

26/06/2023 14:44

Due to late detection, a 5-month-old girl (Hanoi) was diagnosed with a strangulated inguinal hernia leading to ovarian necrosis, requiring emergency surgery to remove one ovary when admitting to the hospital.

On May 17^th, Viet Duc University Hospital had received a girl named D.M.A (5 months old, Hanoi) with a strangulated left inguinal hernia, an ovary in the hernia was strangulated and necrotizing .

According to the patient’s family, 2 days before being admitted to the hospital, the parents accidentally discovered that the left inguinal side of the baby was bigger than the right and felt stiff and painful when touching it. The baby cried a lot, so they brought her to the hospital. The doctors diagnosed the baby with a strangulated inguinal hernia, and she quickly underwent urgent surgery.

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Viet Hoa, MD, PhD – Head of the Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery Department, Viet Duc University Hospital said: Inguinal hernia is a very common congenital disease in children, especially for boys. However, it is rarer in girl and often difficult to detect because there are no typical symptoms. Normally, one side of mons pubis, labia majora was enlarged when the baby cries or pushes, be smaller or not when touching, the baby may be hurt or not.

Likely D.M.A’ girl, it is not the first case which have to remove the ovaries, or to resect the intestines due to a strangulated inguinal hernia. In fact, every year, the Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery still encounters a few cases of late inguinal herniation. After surgery, the ability to recover is slower due to infection and toxicity.

 Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Viet Hoa, MD, PhD recommends that parents need to take their children to the hospital for early detection the diseases to prevent complications.