What is the content of an epiplocele ?
CONTENTS OF HERNIA: These can be: *Omentum = omentocele (synonym: epiplocele) *Intestine = enterocele; more commonly small bowel but may be large intestine or appendix *A poion of the circumference of the intestine = Richter's hernia *A poion of the bladder (or a diveiculum) may constitute pa of or be the sole content of a direct inguinal, a sliding inguinal or a femoral hernia *Ovary with or without the corresponding fallopian tube *A Meckel's diveiculum = a Littre's hernia *Fluid, as pa of ascites or as a residum thereof.
Omentum
Intestine
Colon
Urinary bladder