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Laparoscopic Repair of Para-Esophageal Hernia Using Absorbable Biosynthetic Mesh
Published on: September 11, 2021
A case of ventral hernia mesh migration with splenosis mimicking a gastric mass
Gavin A Falk1, John Ryan Means, Auora Dawn Pryor
1Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Dublin, D7, Ireland.
Abstract:
This case reports the presentation and investigation of a 64-year-old woman presenting with symptoms of bowel obstruction and found to have synchronous intraluminal migration of a polypropylene mesh from a ventral hernia repair and splenosis compressing the stomach wall. The use of synthetic mesh in any type of hernia repair has a number of risks, one of which is transmigration. This is a very rare complication but has been reported in a number of cases following both open and transabdominal pre-peritoneal repairs of inguinal hernias. Heterotopic splenic tissue or "splenosis" can be a cause of a soft tissue mass, which can mimic a neoplasm leading to misdiagnosis. These implants result from either splenic trauma or after splenic surgery.
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