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Canal of Nuck hydrocele in an adult female

Urology Case Reports, 2019
A Canal of Nuck cyst, more often called a female hydrocele, is an exceedingly rare complication of an anatomic defect due to a patent processus vaginalis in females. Historically, it has been observed more often in pediatric patients, but with increased awareness, more cases of adult diagnoses have been made.1 Case presentation A 33-year-old female
Lucas, J.W., Shete, K.C., Schermer, C., Perosio, P., Sterious, S.   +4 more
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Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: a case report

European Journal of Pediatrics, 2006
The processus vaginalis is an evagination of parietal peritoneum which accompanies the round ligament through the inguinal ring into the inguinal canal. The portion of processus vaginalis within the inguinal canal in women is called 'the canal of Nuck'.
Marek Wojciechowski, José Ramet
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Female Hydrocele: The Cyst of Nuck

Urologia Internationalis, 2009
The canal of Nuck is the portion of the processus vaginalis within the inguinal canal in women. A hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is equivalent to an encysted hydrocele of the cord in men. The literature reveals very little about this rare condition in the adult female patient. In this paper, we report a case of hydrocele of the canal of Nuck in a young
Caviezel, A., Montet, Xavier Cédric Rodolphe, Schwartz, Julien Vincent G. A., Egger, Jean-François, Iselin, C. E.   +4 more
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Hydrocele of The Canal of Nuck in an Adult Female: A Case Report

Frontiers in Medical Case Reports, 2022
In females, the round ligament connects the uterine cornu to the vulva at one end and traverses the inguinal canal at the other. The canal of Nuck is a small patent pouch of parietal peritoneum that runs along the length of this ligament. The canal of Nuck gets entirely obliterated during the first year of life, and the inability to do so might result ...
Srikant Agrawal, Sushil Rayamajhi, Anu Radha Twayana, Pratiksha Paudel   +3 more
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Meconium Hydrocele in a Female Newborn: An Unusual Cause of a Labial Mass

Journal of Urology, 1995
Meconium peritonitis results from in utero perforation of the bowel and subsequent spillage of meconium into the peritoneal cavity. Free communication of the peritoneal space with the processus vaginalis during gestation permits formation of a meconium hydrocele. Meconium hydrocele has been reported in the newborn scrotum but to our knowledge there has
J R, Kizer, R D, Bellah, L, Schnaufer, D A, Canning   +3 more
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Bilateral Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck in an Adult Female: A Case Report

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Bilateral hydrocele of the canal of Nuck (HCN) is very rare, in adult females. Primary care physicians can misdiagnose this pathology without diagnostic imaging. A 37-year-old female complained of right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain, for a few months, reported to the emergency room. A non-reducible bulging protrusion was visualized in the RLQ.
Iain D C Kirkpatrick, Fady Mina, Gurinder Dhanju   +2 more
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Female Hydrocele (Cyst of the Canal of Nuck)

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2004
Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck, the female counterpart of hydrocele of the spermatic cord, is a rare cause of inguinal swelling in women. We report a case of this little-known developmental disorder, discuss its sonographic features, and emphasize the role of high-resolution sonography in distinguishing the various causes of groin tumors.
Walter H, Stickel, Martin, Manner
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Female hydrocele of canal of nuck.

The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, 2010
Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a very rare condition in females. The processus vaginalis within the inguinal canal forms "the canal of Nuck" in females, homologous to the processus vaginalis in males. Failure of obliteration of the processus vaginalis results in either a direct or an indirect inguinal hernia or if a sac of serous fluid is retained ...
Sowmya Naveen, Patil, Kevin, Bielamowicz
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Female hydrocele in the Canal of Nuck: a rare and often overlooked diagnosis

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Female hydrocele is rare and should be considered in female inguinal swelling. The Canal of Nuck usually obliterates in females, but failure in this obliteration can result in a persistent canal, causing hydrocele. Defects in the Canal of Nuck are rare and most often surgically corrected in young girls.
Hevy Sadraddin, Gibrael, Jesper Friis, Petersen   +1 more
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Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: a case report.

Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico, 2011
This is a case report of a congenital right labia majora hydrocele in a 13-year-old adolescent girl. Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare condition in females. A small invagination of the parietal peritoneum that fails to obliterate during the first year of life, can result in either an indirect hernia or a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck.
Lynell, Pérez-Colon, Dilaury, Mejía-Berrios, Jesus, Cruz-Correa, Javier, Rivera-Pedrogo, Joaquin, Laboy-Torres   +4 more
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