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case_images: Remarkable finding of abdominal contents protruding through the anterior abdominal wall, highlighting the discovery of an indirect inguinal hernia.. Red arrow: inguinal ligament; blue arrow: hernial sac; green arrow: superficial inguinal ring
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case_images: During the dissection, an abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents was discovered traveling through the anterior abdominal wall on the right side of the donor (Figure 1).
case_images: Key anatomical structures involved in the cadaver's indirect inguinal hernia.. Orange arrow: inferior epigastric vessels; red arrow: mesentery; green arrow: proximal ileum; blue arrow: opening of the deep inguinal ring
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case_images: Measurements of the indirect inguinal hernia. The straight line measures 11 cm, from the point of herniation through the abdominal wall to the distal end of the hernia. The dashed line represents the widest part of the hernia, which measured at approximately 4.3 cm. Additionally, the red star indicates the type 3 hiatal hernia.
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case_images: It measured approximately 4.3 cm at the widest point of the hernia, which was approximately 1.3 cm from the distal aspect of the hernia (Figure 3). During the dissection of the foregut of the donor, a type 3 hiatal hernia was also discovered on the left side of the donor (Figure 3). Hiatal hernias, as seen in Figure 3, and inguinal hernias co-occur more frequently than would be anticipated by random chance.