title: MRI and MRA of a giant hydrocoele in an infant.
abstract: We present a 7-month-old boy with a giant abdominoscrotal hydrocoele associated with right leg oedema. US revealed an abdominoscrotal fluid-filled mass with a normal testis in the scrotum. MRI allowed precise delineation of the mass while MRA sequences showed extrinsic compression of the right iliac vein and its patency. Hydrocoelectomy and laparotomy were performed and confirmed the diagnosis. US followed by MRI are often necessary to diagnose and delineate giant hydrocoeles. MRA is a non-invasive elegant tool for the detection of vascular complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hôpital Universitaire de Enfants, Geneva, Switzerland. sandrine.schlup@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schlup
authors.forename: Sylvianne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanquinet
authors.forename: Merak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jéquier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bugmann
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D007223:Infant; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000209:etiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery