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Fat in Inguinal Canal vs Hernia vs Cord Lipoma?
Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but I just started leafing through pages on this site after discovering it recently and it led me to a question about diagnosis: Is it possible to discern between tissue types involved through imaging, and is there any real advantage to doing this? The info in this thread suggests that there may be slight variations in the cause of symptoms, but not necessarily any difference in the outcome.
I understand, based on answers to my previous questions, that size of the hernia is often telling (the smallest inguinal hernias are usually composed of fat). But is there any way to definitively “take inventory” of the sac and, to that end, know just how large a hole/tear/weakness exists in the musculature and does that provide any useful information from a management/treatment perspective? Thanks.