A Case Report of Bladder Hernia

Masaharu Kodama, Satoshi Itano, Norihiko Terada, Sadayuki Horiki, Naoto Gotohda

Department of Surgery, Terada Hospital

A 62-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital because of a giant bulge in the right inguinal region and pollakiuria. By computed tomography a bladder hernia was found. At surgery, a tumor, 10×10 cm in size, was found in the right inguinal region and this was suspected to be a bladder. When water was poured into the bladder, the tumor was expanded. Therefore this tumor was diagnosed as a bladder and inguinal herniorrhaphy was performed safely without resection of the bladder. At treatment of an inguinal hernia, bladder hernia must be considered. Taking a history about a patient's urinary habit before an operation is important. And during the operation, pouring water into the bladder is useful for diagnosis of bladder hernia.

Key words
bladder hernia, inguinal hernia

Reprint requests
Masaharu Kodama Department of Surgery, Terada Hospital
3260-1 Natsumi, Nabari, 518-0441 JAPAN

Accepted
July 22, 1998

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