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1 A I did. Page 943 2 Q What did that examination reveal? 3 A A healthy male appearing to be 68. He had a 4 small incarcerated umbilical hernia approximately two 5 to three centimeters in diameter which was according 6 to the patient intermittently painful. 7 He had also admitted to approximately a 10 8 to 15 pound weight loss. 9 Q Ten to fifteen pound weight loss? 10 A Yes. Also, he had intermittent pain because 11 of the hernia. 12 Q Can you tell me what an incarcerated 13 umbilical hernia is? 14 A Small defect in the abdominal wall occurs in 15 the area of the umbilicus such that the lining of the 16 abdominal cavity is allowed to protrude through and 17 come up against the skin of the abdominal wall and 18 with time, the increased pressure, the intra-abdominal 19 contents, the fatty omentum and sometimes the 20 projection can inject into that hernia sac and cause 21 pain.