title: Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck in a girl: ultrasound and MR appearance.
abstract: Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare condition in females. A small evagination of parietal peritoneum forms the canal of Nuck. Failure of complete obliteration of the canal results in either an indirect inguinal hernia or a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. We present a case in a 7-year-old girl. On ultrasound, there was a comma-shaped cyst with the tail directed cranially toward the inguinal canal. The cyst had no internal echoes and demonstrated increased through transmission. Coronal and axial MR showed a thin walled cystic mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Womni-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography