Painful, irreducible inguinal swelling: A rare presentation of retroperitoneal venous malformation in a boy-A case report

A 10-year-old boy presented at the Paediatric Emergency service of National Institute of Child Health in November 2019 with a painful and irreducible right inguinal swelling. Exploration revealed a reddish-blue tissue mass protruding through the deep ring extending into the base of the scortum. Further dissection showed the swelling to be in continuity with multifocal retroperitoneal vascular malformations scattered along the posterior and lateral abdominal wall. This swelling was excised and histopathology result confirmed the diagnosis of venous variety of vascular malformation. This is an unusual case of a retroperitoneal venous malformation in a child, clinically mimicking a strangulated inguinal hernia.