Female hydrocele

Authors

  • A Bajracharya Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • S Adhikary Professor, Department of Surgery, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  • CS Agrawal Professor, Department of Surgery B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/hren.v9i2.4985

Keywords:

hydrocele, female hydrocele, canal of Nuck

Abstract

The processus vaginalis is an envagination 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’. When the processus vaginalis fails to close, it can result in a hernia or hydrocele in both men and women. Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is uncommon. A literature search revealed that little has been published on this condition. We present a case of a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck in a 23-year old female who had an irreducible swelling over the left groin for three months and increasing in size on straining. The cyst was excised with round ligament and a repair of inguinal canal with closure of deep ring was done.

Keywords: hydrocele; female hydrocele; canal of Nuck

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hren.v9i2.4985

Health Renaissance 2011: Vol.9 (No.2): 116-118

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Bajracharya, A., Adhikary, S., & Agrawal, C. (2011). Female hydrocele. Health Renaissance, 9(2), 116–118. https://doi.org/10.3126/hren.v9i2.4985

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Case Reports