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. 2009 Sep;12(3):125-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jus.2009.05.002. Epub 2009 Jun 21.

Cysts of the canal of Nuck: ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings

A Ozel  1 , O Kirdar, A M Halefoglu, S M Erturk, Z Karpat, G Lo Russo, V Maldur, V Cantisani
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Cysts of the canal of Nuck: ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings

A Ozel et al. J Ultrasound. 2009 Sep.

Abstract
in English, Italian

Cyst of the canal of Nuck is a rare cause of inguinal swelling in woman. We report a case of a cyst of the canal of Nuck in which sonography showed a tubular cystic structure with internal septae localized within the inguinal canal. Magnetic resonance examination demonstrated that the mass was hypointense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2-weighted series and that there were fine hypointense septae inside the mass on the T2-weighted sequence. Diagnosis of cyst of the canal of Nuck was confirmed by surgery and subsequent histopathologic evaluation.

SommarioLa cisti del canale di Nuck è una rara causa di tumefazione inguinale nelle donne. Riportiamo un caso di cisti del canale di Nuck in cui l'ecografia aveva evidenziato una struttura tubulare cistica caratterizzata da setti interni, localizzata nel contesto del canale inguinale. L'esame di RM aveva confermato la natura cistica della lesione, che appariva pertanto ipointensa in T1 e iperintensa con fini sepimentazioni ipointense nelle sequenze T2 pesate. La diagnosi di cisti del canale di Nuck è stata successivamente confermata all'intervento chirurgico e dall'esame isto-patologico.

Keywords: Canal of Nuck; Cyst; Groin; Hydrocele; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sonography.

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Ultrasonography of the right inguinal canal demonstrates a tubular cystic mass with hypoechoic internal septae.
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Axial fast spin echo T1-weighted image shows a round hypointense subcutanous lesion within the right inguinal canal.
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Axial T2-weighted image clearly depicts that the lesion is hyperintense and contains fine hypointense septae.
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Coronal T2-weighted image clearly depicts that the lesion is hyperintense and contains fine hypointense septae.
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