Traumatic abdominal wall herniation, especially of the groin region, is a rare condition and
typically results from a high-energy trauma to the abdominal wall. We report a fatal case of a
road-traffic collision involving a young male motorcyclist who collided with a speeding lorry.
The victim sustained multiple injuries over the chest and abdomen, with traumatic inguinal
herniation causing gross distension of the scrotum. At autopsy, multiple lacerations of
thoracic and abdominal organs were seen, along with traumatic disruption of the right …

Dear editor We read with interest the article by Jadav et al. entitled'Traumatic inguinal
hernia: An uncommonly reported entity', which describes a fatal case of traumatic inguinal
herniation of the terminal ileum into the scrotal sac in a 20-year-old male motorcyclist after a
side-on collision and subsequent run over by a speeding lorry. 1 There was complete
disruption of all of the boundaries of the inguinal canal, including deep and superficial rings,
causing traumatic herniation of 90 cm of the terminal ileum into the scrotal sac. 1 According …