Type of inguinal pain
No.
Dull, gnawing pain
190
Neuralgic pain only
2
Combined dull and neuralgic pain
136
Pain, radiating from the groin to the ipsilateral
Thigh
101
Flank
62
Lower abdomen
33
Pain accentuated by
Physical exertion
176
Menstruation
19
Mental stress
3
Table 42.2.
Clinical findings in 192 cases of occult inguinal hernia (from Spangen and Smedberg [1], with kind permission from Springer Science + Business Media).
