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Case Reports
. 2007 Jun;37(6):603-6.
doi: 10.1007/s00247-007-0481-6. Epub 2007 Apr 24.

Sonographic appearance of canal of Nuck hydrocele

Paritosh C Khanna  1 , Todd Ponsky, Bradley Zagol, Jeffrey R Lukish, Bruce M Markle
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Case Reports

Sonographic appearance of canal of Nuck hydrocele

Paritosh C Khanna et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

We present a case of a relatively uncommon entity in a 17-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with right inguinal pain and discomfort. On sonography, she was thought to have a hydrocele of a patent processus vaginalis, although differentials could not be excluded. The hydrocele was subsequently confirmed at surgery. Because this is an uncommonly reported condition, a high index of suspicion must be maintained in the appropriate clinical setting. We present various sonographic appearances and techniques that have been proposed in the literature.

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