title: Meconium hydrocele: an unusual etiology of a scrotal mass in the newborn.
abstract: The in utero leakage of meconium from the gastrointestinal tract into the peritoneal cavity results in the clinical entity known as meconium peritonitis. A patent processus vaginalis in the male fetus may lead to the migration of meconium into the scrotum, and these infants can present with soft meconium-filled hydroceles at birth. Local tissue reaction during the first several weeks of life results in calcification of these hydroceles into hard tumor-like lesions that may mimic testicular neoplasia. We report an atypical case of meconium hydrocele in a newborn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Babies Hospital, New York, New York.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Burbige
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Hensle
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography