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Femoral hernia physical examination
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients with femoral hernia usually appear normal. Physical examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually remarkable for swelling or lump below the inguinal ligament. It is a difficult diagnosis and maybe impossible to differentiate from inguinal hernia. If incarceration is present, the swelling or lump maybe tender.
Physical Examination
Physical Examination
- The presence of lump or swelling below the inguinal ligament on physical examination is highly suggestive of femoral hernia.[1][2]
Appearance of the patient
- Patients with femoral hernia usually appear normal.
Vital signs
- Vital signs of patients with femoral hernia are usually normal.
- If incarceration is present, the following vital signs maybe present indicating sepsis:[1]
- Fever
- Tachycardia with regular pulse
- Low blood pressure
Skin
- Skin examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
HEENT
- HEENT examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Neck
- Neck examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Lungs
- Pulmonary examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Heart
- Cardiovascular examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Abdomen
- Abdominal examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
- If incarceration is present bowel sounds maybe absent.[1][3]
Back
- Back examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Genitourinary
- Swelling or lump may be present below the inguinal ligament.[1][2]
- If incarceration is present the palpable swelling below the inguinal ligament may be tender.[1][3]
Neuromuscular
- Neuromuscular examination of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
Extremities
- Examination of extremities of patients with femoral hernia is usually normal.
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fitzgibbons RJ, Forse RA (2015). “Clinical practice. Groin hernias in adults”. N Engl J Med. 372 (8): 756–63. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1404068. PMID 25693015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW, Amerson JR. PMID 21250263. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yang XF, Liu JL (2014). “Acute incarcerated external abdominal hernia”. Ann Transl Med. 2 (11): 110. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.11.05. PMC 4245506. PMID 25489584.
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: M. Khurram Afzal, MD [2]