title: Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck as a result of a rare ventriculoperitoneal shunt complication.
abstract: Patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts may have multiple complications. Migration of the peritoneal catheter into some anatomical or congenitally open cavities can cause inguinal or genitourinary manifestations such as hernia, hydrocele or acute scrotum, and these are common in male infants. We report a very rare complication of VP shunt encountered in a female infant, manifesting as hydrocele of the canal of Nuck, the female counterpart of hydrocele of the spermatic cord. It is emphasized that VP shunts may also cause clinical inguinal manifestations in female infants, and groin or external genital organ swelling in these patients may be an important sign of shunt malfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. kzyuksel@ksu.edu.tr
authors.forename: K Z
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senoglu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006119:Groin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery