A RARE CASE REPORT OF HYDROCELE OF THE CANAL OF NUCK IN AN INFANT
Monika Negi* and Akhilesh Negi
ABSTRACT
Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare surgical condition in females and form as a result of partial or complete failure of obliteration of the canal of Nuck. Hydroceles of the canal are far less frequent with a 0.76% rate in a large series of 787 inguinal surgical explorations, than inguinal hernias.[1] Huang et al., reported that only 6 out of 580 female inguinal hernia cases admitted in Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Taiwan from 1997 to 2002, were finally diagnosed as hydrocele with the incidence of 1 % in female child.[2]
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