Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: Sonographic and MRI appearances

✍ Scribed by Alp Alper Safak; Besir Erdogmus; Burhan Yazici; Ahmet Taner Gokgoz

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 154 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20329

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is a rare disorder in females. A 50‐year‐old female presented with the complaint of swelling and occasional pain in the right groin. Sonographic examination revealed a proximal dilatation at the inguinal canal with a 3‐cm ovoid, septated cystic lesion at the distal end. The mass appeared as a simple cyst on MRI. Valsalva's maneuver during real‐time sonography helped differentiate the hydrocele of the canal of Nuck from an inguinal hernia. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2007