KUMJ | VOL. 7 | NO. 2 | ISSUE 26 | APRIL-JUNE, 2009

Amyand’s hernia in infant: A rare entity
Upadhyaya VD, Kumar V, Srivastava P, Gangopadhyaya AN

The chance of vermiform appendix lying with in a hernial sac is 1% or less and is known as Amyand’s hernia and it is very rare in infant and neonate. Till date, only twenty cases had been reported in English literature. We are reporting a rare case of Amyand’s hernia where appendix was present in right inguinal sac of non-obstructed inguinal hernia in a seven month old male infant during operation. The appendectomy was done along with right inguinal herniotomy. In most of the reported cases, appendix was in amed6, 10, 11, 12, 13 or perforated, expect in one case where appendix was not in amed but patient presented with inguinal hernia. This case is reported because of the rarity of Amyand’s hernia in infant, the appendix was not in amed, hernia was not obstructed, and whether in such types of cases appendix should
be preserved or not.