Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck in a girl: ultrasound and MR appearance.
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.
Park
S J
SJ
Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Womni-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Lee
H K
HK
Hong
H S
HS
Kim
H C
HC
Kim
D H
DH
Park
J S
JS
Shin
E J
EJ
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