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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug;68(4):289-90.
doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.289-290. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

Cyst of the canal of nuck in a two year old girl

Edin Husaric  1 , Nesad Hotic  1 , Amir Halilbasic  1 , Senada Husaric  1 , Emir Rahmanovic  1 , Sanimir Suljendic  1
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Case Reports

Cyst of the canal of nuck in a two year old girl

Edin Husaric et al. Med Arch. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

The canal of Nuck is analogous to a patent processus vaginalis in a male, which normally loses its communication to the peritoneal cavity within the first year of life. Failure of obliteration of this tract can result in a hydrocele. We present a rare case of a 2-year-old girl with left-sided groin swelling, diagnosed as inguinal hernia. Patient underwent surgical exploration and establishes definitive diagnosis as cyst of the canal of Nuck.

Keywords: Canal of Nuck; hydrocele; processus vaginalis.

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Cyst of the canal of Nuck–operative finding (A-view from above; B-lateral view)
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