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Umbilical hernia differential diagnosis

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Umbilical hernia must be differentiated from epigastric hernia, Spigelian hernia, and incisional hernia.

Differentiating umbilical hernia from other Diseases

Differentiating umbilical hernia from other Diseases

 Abdominal hernias differential table based on location
Differential Diagnosis Similar Features Differentiating Features
Umbilical Hernia
  • On physical exam; reducible, visible with valsalva and disappears with laying flat, non- tender.
 Location:
Epigastric hernia
  • On physical exam; reducible, visible with valsalva and disappears with laying flat, non- tender.
 Location:
Spigelian hernia
  • On physical exam; reducible, visible with valsalva and disappears with laying flat, non- tender.
 Location:
Incisional hernia
  • On physical exam; reducible, visible with valsalva and disappears with laying flat, non- tender.
 Location:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abdominal Hernias
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Abdominal wall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Groin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Umbilical
 
Epigastric
 
Spigelian
 
Incisional
Abdominal hernia differential Source:By BruceBlaus (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
References

References

  1. ↑ “Hernia, Umbilical – PubMed – NCBI”.
  2. ↑ “Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical – PubMed – NCBI”.
  3. ↑ Blay, Eddie; Stulberg, Jonah J. (2017). “Umbilical Hernia”. JAMA. 317 (21): 2248. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.3982. ISSN 0098-7484.

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