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(5) | | | | This patient gave a history of a paraumbilical hernia which had been increasing in size over a period of several months.
A rapid pulsation can be heard over the area marked by the sticking plaster.
This is an ectopic hernia containing an 8 month foetus and required a Caesarian operation to deliver the infant.
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