Meconium hydrocele: an unusual etiology of a scrotal mass in the newborn.
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.
Ring
K S
KS
Department of Urology, Babies Hospital, New York, New York.
Axelrod
S L
SL
Burbige
K A
KA
Hensle
T W
TW
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography