A 9-week-old boy was admitted to the hospital with a swelling in the right groin that extended down into the upper part of the scrotum. When he cried, the swelling enlarged. On careful palpation it was possible to reduce the size of the swelling, and this procedure was accompanied by a gurgling noise.
-The symptoms and signs displayed by this patient can be explained by the following statements except which?
A) The swelling was situated above and medial to the pubic tubercle on the right side.
B) The child had a right indirect inguinal hernia.
C) The processus vaginalis in its upper part had failed to become obliterated before birth.
D) The hernial sac in an indirect inguinal hernia emerges from the superficial inguinal ring.
E) The superficial inguinal ring lies above and medial to the pubic tubercle.
F) The contents of the hernial sac consisted only of the greater omentum.
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