@ARTICLE{Patoulias_Ioannis_Congenital_2019,
 author={Patoulias, Ioannis and Rahmani, Evangelia and Patoulias, Dimitrios},
 volume={vol. 59},
 number={No 4},
 journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia},
 pages={71-78},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2019},
 publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum},
 abstract={Spigelian hernia (SH) is a rare ventral interstitial hernia occurring through a defect in the transversus abdominis aponeurosis (Spigelian fascia). Spigelian fascia is found between the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle and the semilunar line, which extends from the costal cartilage to the pubic tubercle. In other words, Spigelian line is where the transversus abdominis muscle ends in an aponeurosis characterized by a congenital or acquired defect in the Spigelian aponeurosis. Pediatric cases of SH are either congenital or acquired due to trauma, previous surgery or increased intra-abdominal pressure. SH in combination with ipsilateral cryptorchidism may constitute a new syndrome, as such cases are extremely rare in the literature Th is new syndrome is characterized by the following congenital, ipsilateral disturbances: SH, absence of inguinal canal and gubernaculum and the homolateral testis found within the Spigelian hernia sac (a hernia sac containing undescended testis). Th e aim of this study is to emphasize some typical fi ndings of this specifi c entity, and, hence, the necessity for a thorough investigation of the origin of the SH.},
 type={Article},
 title={Congenital Spigelian hernia and ipsilateral cryptorchidism: a new syndrome?},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/114765/PDF/FMC%204-19%207-Patoulias.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/fmc.2019.131381},
 keywords={Spigelian hernia, transversus abdominis aponeurosis (Spigelian fascia), arcuate line or linea semicircularis (Douglas), cryptorchidism, child},
}