Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report
Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare abnormality, developing in the protruded part of the parietal peritoneum within the inguinal canal in a female. It is homologous to the processus vaginalis in males and obliterates from the seventh month of gestation to one year of age. Failure of obliteratio...
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| description | Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare abnormality, developing in the protruded part of the parietal peritoneum within the inguinal canal in a female. It is homologous to the processus vaginalis in males and obliterates from the seventh month of gestation to one year of age. Failure of obliteration, results in Nuck hydrocele or herniation of intra-abdominal contents through the patent Canal of Nuck. These are usually detected and repaired in young girls within the first five years of life. Reports of Canal of Nuck hydrocele in adults are sparse. Most of these patients are misdiagnosed on clinical examination and correctly diagnosed intraoperatively during surgery for suspected ‘inguinal hernia’. Here, this case is about a 25-year-old female, who presented with swelling in the right groin for one month. Computed Tomography of the abdomen showed features suggestive of a hydrocele within the Canal of Nuck. She underwent laparoscopic hydrocelectomy and laparoscopic hernia repair via the transabdominal preperitoneal approach. This case report highlights the novel approach of laparoscopic management of this rare case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bf3ef9bfbde487a921f097f8e15a6be2023-03-13T14:59:49ZengJCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery2277-85432455-68742023-03-01122SC01SC0310.7860/IJARS/2023/59115.2880Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case ReportTharun Ganapathy Chitrambalam0Nidhi Mariam George1Sundeep Selvamuthukumaran2Lokesh Reddy3Pradeep Joshua Christopher4Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Postgraduate, Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Postgraduate, Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSenior Resident, Department of General Surgery, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare abnormality, developing in the protruded part of the parietal peritoneum within the inguinal canal in a female. It is homologous to the processus vaginalis in males and obliterates from the seventh month of gestation to one year of age. Failure of obliteration, results in Nuck hydrocele or herniation of intra-abdominal contents through the patent Canal of Nuck. These are usually detected and repaired in young girls within the first five years of life. Reports of Canal of Nuck hydrocele in adults are sparse. Most of these patients are misdiagnosed on clinical examination and correctly diagnosed intraoperatively during surgery for suspected ‘inguinal hernia’. Here, this case is about a 25-year-old female, who presented with swelling in the right groin for one month. Computed Tomography of the abdomen showed features suggestive of a hydrocele within the Canal of Nuck. She underwent laparoscopic hydrocelectomy and laparoscopic hernia repair via the transabdominal preperitoneal approach. This case report highlights the novel approach of laparoscopic management of this rare case.https://ijars.net/article_fulltext.aspx?issn=0973-709x&year=2023&month=March-April&volume=12&issue=2&page=SC01%20-%20SC03&id=2880encysted hyrdoceleprocessus vaginalisround ligament |
| spellingShingle | Tharun Ganapathy Chitrambalam Nidhi Mariam George Sundeep Selvamuthukumaran Lokesh Reddy Pradeep Joshua Christopher Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery encysted hyrdocele processus vaginalis round ligament |
| title | Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report |
| title_full | Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report |
| title_short | Hydrocele of Canal of Nuck In an Adult Female: A Case Report |
| title_sort | hydrocele of canal of nuck in an adult female a case report |
| topic | encysted hyrdocele processus vaginalis round ligament |
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