Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: a case report
Pérez-Colon, L.; Mejía-Berrios, D.; Cruz-Correa, J.; Rivera-Pedrogo, J.; Laboy-Torres, J.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 102(4): 59-61
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 21766550 Document Number: 702428
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.
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