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Hesselbach's hernia
Associated persons:
Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
Description:
A hernia of a loop of intestine that passes through the cribriform fascia.
Hesselbach described the femoral hernia in 1798 and distinguished direct and indirect inguinal hernias in 1810.
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